Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi

Abd ar- Rahman ibn Abdallah al - Ghafiqi († October 732, . Arabic عبد الرحمن بن عبد الله الغافقي, DMG ʿ Abd al-Rahman b ʿ Abd Allāh al - Ġāfiqī ) was a Moorish military leader.

Abd ar -Rahman came from the Yemeni clan of Ghafiqi and pulled under the Islamic expansion in the North African province of Ifriqiya. In Morocco, he came into contact with Musa ibn Nusayr, the governor of 711 conquered Al-Andalus, and with his son and successor, Abd al - Aziz ibn Musa. After the fourth Andalusian governor as- Samh ibn Malik al- Chawlani 721 fell in a campaign against Toulouse, Abd ar -Rahman was his successor, but he was still in the same year dismissed from that post and replaced by Anbasa ibn Suhaym al - Kalbi. Abd ar -Rahman took 722 the plan to invade the Frankish Empire. After Anbasa ibn al - Kalbi Suhaym 726 died in the Frankish Empire, followed in the next four years, five governors in a row before Abd ar -Rahman was 731 Umayyad caliph of used again as governor of Al -Andalus.

Now he tried to harvest as a military leader with campaigns across the Pyrenees War fame. He penetrated to the north and defeated the Duke Eudo of Aquitaine in the Dordogne. In his advance he devastated the city of Bordeaux 732. It is unclear whether the conquest of the whole Frankish empire was planned by him, after all, he appeared with a mighty army. In fact, his advance was intended as a raid against the wealthy city of Tours. However, his army was placed halfway between Tours and Poitiers near Chatellerault by the troops of Charles Martel in October, had an alliance with Liutprand, King of the Lombards. It was released in October 732 to a fierce battle ( Battle of Tours and Poitiers), who lost the Muslim troops. Your commander Abd ar -Rahman was killed in the battle.

• Military person ( Arabia)
• Born in the 7th or 8th century
• Died 732
• Man