Gibraltar
The Conquest of Iberia
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Sparkling jewels like rubies and coral surfacing the waters spread by waves across the ocean perpetually pounding the coast. At the feet of the cliffs ships lay one after another as far as vision could reach; lofty sails ready to take the load across the Straight under clear blue skies, deep as the eyes of the people of the North, where across the narrow passage of the seas rose cliffs shrouded in a cloud of mystery. In fact they were always like that. The land of the Vandals had never lain bare its secrets easily. It needed to be conquered, accessed. It needed to be eased of its burden eternally: The darkness.
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Gibraltar, the Conquest of Iberia is the story of the Moorish conquest of Spain around 711 AD. By the early 8th century AD Islam has spread out of Arabia into parts of China, India, Central- Asia and Africa. It rules much of the known world. In Hispania Roderick and his Visigoth hoards have burnt the land and violently seized power from the legitimate and just King Wittiza, who writes to his friend the Sultan of Damascus. A delegation of monks also arrives at the Sultan’s palace after being turned away by Rome and Byzantine. The Sultan sends his best men under the General Tariq ibn Ziyad, the Conqueror of Iberia, a gifted leader and warrior, Hafiz-Scholar of the Koran and expert in mystical martial arts that he has learned at the palace from the riders of the silk-route. Along with him goes Imam Bilal Al-Din, a Malian scholar who has grown up as an orphan at the palace in Damascus alongside Tariq. They take with them the most skilled men from Arabian, African and Mediterranean tribes, the multi-racial foundation of the Moorish-Iberian community under Islam, that sail into Iberia numbering 5000 souls.
About the Author
Shariq Ali Khan has been lecturing Science and Religion and reading History for over 15 years. He holds an MSc., speaks 5 languages, 3 European ones, and has lived in Europe since his early childhood. With a passion for Science, History and comparative Theology he is now working on many books including the Andalusian Quintology, which this book is a part of. Currently he lives in Central London, has 2 children and works for an international organisation.. He enjoys travelling, reading and sports.