Tariq ibn Ziyad
Following a raid in 710, a predominantly Berber army under the command of Tariq ibn Ziyad crossed from North Africa in April 711 and landed somewhere in the vicinity of Gibraltar (though most likely not in the bay or at the Rock itself). Tariq's expedition led to the Islamic conquest of most of the Iberian peninsula. "Mons Calpe" was renamed "Jabal Ṭāriq" (), "the Mount of Tariq", subsequently corrupted into "Gibraltar".