Abd al-Aziz ibn Musa

Abd al-Aziz ibn Muza ibn Nusayr was the son of the Moorish governor of North Africa Musa ibn Nusayr. He crossed the strait of Gilbratar in 712 to take part in the Muslim invasion of the Iberian Peninsula.

With his brother Adb Allah, he suppressed a revolt in Seville, going from there to Málaga, Granada and Orihuela where celebrate the acquaintance pact with Count Teodomiro. In 714, his father, Musa ibn Nusayr was required by the Caliph to surrender bills of the conquest and he was named as governor.

From this point he undertook the conquest of Christian lands taking Tarragona and arriving as far as Narbonne. He married Egilona, widow of Visigothic King Rodrigo, whom he had taken prisoner. The muslims call Egilona Ailo.

Legends and rumors speak of the influence that Ailo had on her new husband in favor of the Christians and her encouragement for him to convert to Christianity and to be crowned king of Hispania.

The news of the uproar and great indignation that this marriage causes on the Muslims and the Moor commanders reached Caliph Sulayman in Damascus who sent five officials to kill him.

In 716, Ziyad ibn Udhra, one of his fighters, murdered him in a mosque in Seville that had been converted from the Christian Church of Santa Rufina.

By Caliph's Sulayman order, his head was sent to Damascus.