711–745: Ibn al-Qūṭiyya on the Cooperation of his Visigothic Ancestors with the Muslim Conquerors of the Iberian Peninsula

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  • Daniel G. König

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18148/tmh/2019.1.1.10

Keywords:

Visigoths, gender relations, genealogy, al-Andalus, Syria, Umayyads, Arabic-Islamic expansion, Muwallad, family tradition, family memory, processes of integration, collaboration, Roderic

Abstract

Ibn al-Qūṭiyya's "History of the Conquest of al-Andalus" presents the author as a descendant of the penultimate Visigoth king, Witiza, and as a member of a Visigothic family that defected to the conquerors for political reasons during the Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula in 711. The article discusses the authenticity, plausibility, and implications of this genealogy for Christian-Muslim relations in Muslim-ruled al-Andalus.

Published

2019-06-15

How to Cite

König, D. G. (2019). 711–745: Ibn al-Qūṭiyya on the Cooperation of his Visigothic Ancestors with the Muslim Conquerors of the Iberian Peninsula. Transmediterranean History, 1(1). https://doi.org/10.18148/tmh/2019.1.1.10

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