Julian, Count of Ceuta

Julian, Count of Ceuta

Julian, Count of Ceuta (Spanish: Don Julián, Conde de Ceuta,, Arabic: يليان, (Īlyan ) was, according to some sources, a renegade governor, possibly a former comes in Byzantine service in Ceuta and Tangiers who subsequently submitted to the king of Visigothic Spain before secretly allying with the Muslims.: 256  According to Arab chroniclers, Julian had an important role in the Umayyad conquest of Hispania, a key event in the history of Islam, and in the subsequent history of what were to become Spain and Portugal. Read more on Wikipedia

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