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1.Spain was invaded in 711 AD by ---------:
Tariq bin Ziyad
2. The al-Qairawan CITY in North Africa was founded in 670 AD by---------------:
Uqbah
d) none of theseThe city was founded by the Arabs around 670. In the period of Caliph Mu'awiya (reigned 661-680
The Mosque of Uqba OR Great Mosque of Kairouan ( جامع القيروان الأكبر), is one of the most important mosques in Tunisia,
Built by the Arab general Uqba ibn Nafi from 670 AD (the year 50 according to the Islamic calendar) at the founding of the city of Kairouan

4.Abdul Aziz married Egilona, the widow of king Roderick, and named her ---------:
Umm-Asim
Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa ibn Nusayr was the first governor of Al-Andalus, in modern-day Spain and Portugal. He was the son of Musa ibn Nusayr, the governor of Ifriqiya.
5.The Umayyad Dynasty was put to an end in the year----------:
750 AD
6.The Abbasid Dynasty ruled for just over---------:
five centuries
7.Baghdad was put on fire in 1258 AD by -----------
The Mongols
8.Musa bin Nusayr was the Governor of---------
North Africa

9.The fugitive Umayyad prince reached Spain in the year -------------:

755 AD
10.The last Umayyad ruler in 750 AD was--------:
Marwan II

11.The name of the French King who attacked Spain in 777 AD was ---------:
Charlemagne

12.Ibn Khuldun is generally known as a-------
Historian
13.The real founder of Umayyad Dynasty in Spain was-------:
Abdur Rahman I
14.The Arabs invaded Spain in the year-------
711 AD
15.Which Caliph recalled Musa bin Nusayr to Damascus-------?
al Walid-I
16. Who punished Musa bin Nusayr for invading Spain---------?
Sulaiman

18.The new capital established by Abbasid in 835 AD is called -----
Samarra

20.Cordova and Baghdad served to the West as main centres for------------
Learning

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