al-Hurr ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Thaqafi | |
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الحر بن عبد الرحمن الثقفي | |
| Umayyad Governor of al-Andalus | |
| In office 716–719 | |
| Preceded by | Ayyub ibn Habib al-Lakhmi |
| Succeeded by | Al-Samh ibn Malik al-Khawlani |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Taif, Arabia |
| Parent | Abd al-Rahman ibn Umm al-Hakam al-Thaqafi (father) |
Al-Ḥurr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Thaqafi (Arabic: الحر بن عبد الرحمن الثقفي) was an early Umayyad governor who ruled the Muslim province of Al-Andalus from between 716 and 718. He was the third successor to Musa bin Nusair, the North African governor who had directed the conquest of Visigothic Hispania several years earlier in 711.[1] Al-Hurr was the first Muslim commander to cross the Pyrenees in 717, leading a small raiding party into Septimania. His incursions were largely unsuccessful, for which he was deposed in 718.[2]