Musa ibn Nusayr

Musa ibn Nusayr
Umayyad governor of Ifriqiya
In office
703–715
MonarchsAbd al Malik
Al-Walid I
Preceded byHassan ibn al-Nu'man
Succeeded byMuhammad ibn Yazid
Personal details
Bornc. 640
Hebron
Died716
Hejaz
RelationsAbd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn Musa ibn Nusayr (grandson)
Children
ParentNusayr
Military service
AllegianceUmayyad Caliphate
Battles/wars

Musa ibn Nusayr (Arabic: موسى بن نصير Mūsá bin Nuṣayr; c. 640 – c. 716) was an Arab general and governor who served under the Umayyad caliph Al-Walid I. He ruled over the Muslim provinces of North Africa (Ifriqiya), and directed the Islamic conquest of the Visigothic Kingdom that controlled the Iberian Peninsula and part of what is now southern France (Septimania).