laterwork death_place death_date allegiance battles birth_date placeofburial rank article_title name
governor of al-andalus damascus , ash-sham 720 -lrb- aged 50 -rrb- umayyad caliphate conquest of hispania battle of guadalete 670 damascus , syria general tariq ibn ziyad
 tariq bin ziyad طارق بن زياد
tariq ibn ziyad

tariq ibn ziyad -lrb- , died 720 -rrb- was a muslim general who led the islamic umayyad conquest of visigothic hispania in 711 -- 718 a.d. under the orders of the umayyad caliph al-walid i he led a large army from the north coast of morocco , consolidating his troops at a large hill now known as gibraltar .
the name `` gibraltar '' is the spanish derivation of the arabic name `` jabal Ṭāriq '' -lrb- جبل طارق -rrb- , meaning `` mountain of tariq '' , which is named after him .
