طارق بن زياد
Overall, the city shared the history of the rest of Al-Andalus. There is evidence that it was one of the first conquests undertaken by the Arab Tariq ibn Ziyad after his landing in Spain in 711. The Muslim general Musa bin Nusayr was dispatched by the Umayyad caliph, Al-Walid, in 712 to take Carmona. Once installed, the Muslims retained the old name of the city, adapted to their pronunciation: "Qarmūnâ" (قرمونة).