The Conquest of al-Andalus: A Translation of Fatḥ al-Andalus ()

Cover
Half Title
Series Information
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction
	Basic Overview of the Conquest and Its Aftermath and the Relevant Medieval Sources
	The title of Fatḥ al-Andalus: Conquest and holy war
	Arabs Vs. “Berbers” in Al-Andalus
	Arabs Vs. Arabs in Al-Andalus
	ʿAbd al-Raḥmān I as the Legitimate Unifier of Al-Andalus
	The Portrait of the Ṭāʾifa Realms: Continued Resonance Today
	Authorship and Date of Redaction of Fatḥ Al-Andalus
	Sources of Fatḥ Al-Andalus
	Edition and Translation
Translation and Commentary
	Prologue
	1 An Account of the Conquest of Al-Andalus
		A Chapter That Gives an Account of the amīr Mūsā bin Nuṣayr’s entry into al-Andalus and the conquest of what his client Ṭāriq had not conquered
		An Account of the Departure of the Amīr Mūsā bin Nuṣayr to the East
		An Account of the Issue of the Table
	2 An Account of the Various Amīrs in Al-Andalus
		An Account of the Governorship of Al-Ḥurr bin ʿAbd Al-Raḥmān
		An Account of the Governorship of Al-Samḥ bin Mālik
		An Account of the Governorship of ʿAnbasa bin Suḥaym
		An Account of the Governorship of Yaḥyā bin Salāma
		An Account of the Governorship of Al-Hayṯam bin ʿUbayd
		An Account of the Governorship of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān bin ʿAbdullah
		An Account of the Governorship of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān bin Qaṭn
		An Account of the Governorship of ʿUqba bin al-Ḥajjāj
		An Account of the Second Governorship of ʿAbd al-Malik bin Qaṭn
		An Account of the Governorship of Balj Bin Bišr and His Revolt Against ʿAbd al-Malik bin Qaṭn
		An Account of the Governorship of Ṯaʿlaba bin Salāma
		An Account of the Governorship of Abū al-H̱aṭṭār
		An Account of the Governorship of Ṯawāba bin Salāma
		An Account of the Governorship of Yūsuf bin ʿAbd al-Raḥmān
		The Land Had 17 Governors During That Period
		An Account of the Flight of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān bin Muʿāwiya From Syria to Al-Andalus and How He Inserted His Clients
	3 An Account of the Rule of the Imam ʿAbd al-Raḥmān bin Muʿāwiya
		An Account of the Rule of the Imam Abū al-Muṭarraf al-Dāẖil ʿAbd al-Raḥmān bin Muʿāwiya
		An Account of the Death of Ibn Muʿāwiya ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Dāẖil (God Almighty’s Mercy Be Upon Him)
	4 An Account of the Amirs Who Were Appointed as Successors in Al-Andalus Up to Its Rebel Kings, and an Account of the Almoravid
		An Account of the Rule of  Abū al-Walīd Hišām al-Riḍā
		An Account of the Rule of Abū al-ʿĀṣī al-Ḥakam
		The Rule of Abū al-Muẓaffar ʿAbd al-Raḥmān (May God Have Mercy On Him)
		The Rule of Abū ʿAbdullah Muḥammad (May God Have Mercy On Him)
		The Rule of Abū al-Ḥakam al-Munḏir (May God Have Mercy On Him)
		An Account of the Rebels of Al-Andalus After the Year 400
		Seville
		Malaga
		Toledo
		Badajoz
		Valencia
		Almeria
		Zaragoza
Appendix
Translations of Some Comparative Latin and Arabic Source Materials
	The Anecdote About Mūsā bin Nuṣayr’s Father
		Kitāb Al-Bayān Al-Muġrib V. 2, Pp. 22–23
	The Story of King Roderic and the Locked House at Toledo
		Kitāb Al-Bayān Al-Muġrib V. 2 P. 3
		Historia Gothica 3.18
	Roderic, Count Julian and Julian’s Collaboration With the Muslims
		Historia Gothica 3.19
	The Initial Invasion of Spain, the Defeat of King Roderic and Ṭāriq bin Ziyād’s First Conquests
		Historia Gothica 3.20 and 3.23–24
	Solomon’s Table
		Historia Arabum (Chapter 9)
	The Governorship of ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz bin Mūsā bin Nuṣayr
		Kitāb Al-Bayān Al-Muġrib V. 2 Pp. 23–25
	Predictions of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān I’s Rule Over Al-Andalus
		Kitāb Al-Bayān Al-Muġrib V. 2, Pp. 40–41
	The Reign of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān I
		Historia Arabum (Chapter 18)
		Kitāb Al-Bayān Al-Muġrib V. 2, Pp. 49–58
	The Reign of Hišam I
		Historia Arabum (Chapters 19–21)
	The Reign of Al-Ḥakam I
		Historia Arabum Chapters 22–25
	The Reign of ʿAbd al-Raḥmān II
		Historia Arabum (Chapters 26 and 27)
	The Reign of Al-Munḏir
		Historia Arabum (Chapter 29)
	The ḥājib al-Manṣūr
		Historia Arabum (Chapter 32)
A Glossary of Arabic Terms
Basic Timeline
Bibliography
Index of Place Names
Index of Individual Names