Tariq ibn Ziyad lands in Gibraltar

Tariq ibn Ziyad was an Amazigh commander who served under the Umayyad Caliphate, he led an army of mostly newly converted Amazigh warriors as well as a handful of veteran armored Arab warriors during his famed conquest of Hispania, also known as Al-Andalus by the Muslims. His greatest victory was in the Battle of Guadalete, where he defeated the vast army of the Visigothic King Roderic.