An Annotated Bibliography of Printed and Online Primary Sources for the Middle Ages
Jones, John Harris, trans., [Excerpt from] History of the Conquest of Spain (Gottingen, W. Fr. Kaestner, pp. 18-22, 1858). View Source Online
Text name(s): History of the Conquest of Spain
Number of pages of primary source text: 4
Medieval Author(s): Abd al-Hakam, Ibn
Dates: 711 - 733
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Original Language(s): Arabic;
Translation: English translation.
Translation Comments:
Geopolitical Region(s): Iberian Peninsula; Spain;
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Record Type(s): Chronicle, Annals |
Subject Heading(s): Historiography Muslims / Islam War - Military History |
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Comments:
This is a brief excerpt from a Muslim account of the Islamic conquest of Spain. It was written over a century after the events it describes, and Ibn Abd-el-Hakem often mixed legend with history.
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Cataloger: MK