Kulthum ibn Iyadh al-Kushayri
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Kulthum ibn Iyadh al-Kushayri was a Berber
ruler in North Africa
in 741-742 AD. Rebel forces defeated his troops in North Africa forcing 10,000 of his surviving men to retreat to the Iberian Peninsula where they settled in Cordoba
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Berber people
Berbers are the indigenous peoples of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. They are continuously distributed from the Atlantic to the Siwa oasis, in Egypt, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger River. Historically they spoke the Berber language or varieties of it, which together form a branch...
ruler in North Africa
North Africa
North Africa or Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes eight countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, South Sudan, Sudan, Tunisia, and...
in 741-742 AD. Rebel forces defeated his troops in North Africa forcing 10,000 of his surviving men to retreat to the Iberian Peninsula where they settled in Cordoba
Córdoba, Spain
-History:The first trace of human presence in the area are remains of a Neanderthal Man, dating to c. 32,000 BC. In the 8th century BC, during the ancient Tartessos period, a pre-urban settlement existed. The population gradually learned copper and silver metallurgy...
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