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Musa ibn Nusayr

640 - 716

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Musa ibn Nusayr (Arabic: موسى بن نصير Mūsá bin Nuṣayr; c. 640 – c. 716) was an Arab general and governor who served under the Umayyad caliph Al-Walid I. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Musa ibn Nusayr has received more than 222,622 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Musa ibn Nusayr is the 2,552nd most popular politician (down from 2,063rd in 2019). (up from 26th in 2019)

Musa ibn Nusayr is most famous for being the governor of Muslim Spain and North Africa, and for leading the Muslim conquest of Visigothic Spain.

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    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.27

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  • 3.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Musa ibn Nusayr ranks 2,552 out of 19,576. Before him are Krum, Ahaziah of Judah, Sa'id of Egypt, Abu Musa al-Ash'ari, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, and Alexander Ypsilantis. After him are Léon Gambetta, Fusu, Mursili I, Maria Mandl, Bachir Gemayel, and Emperor Nakamikado.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 640, Musa ibn Nusayr ranks 4. Before him are Asparuh of Bulgaria, Saint Giles, and Isaac of Nineveh. After him are Kusaila, Al-Akhtal al-Taghlibi, Saint Kilian, Callinicus I of Constantinople, and Seaxburh of Ely. Among people deceased in 716, Musa ibn Nusayr ranks 2. Before him is Emperor Ruizong of Tang. After him are Achila II, Qapaghan Qaghan, Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa, Irmina of Oeren, Æthelred of Mercia, Theodo of Bavaria, Ceolred of Mercia, Osred I of Northumbria, and Coenred of Mercia.

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