The treasures in the Arab conquest of Al-Andalus and the contradictions in the Arab sources

 

محفوظ في:
التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلفون: López Brenes, Manuel Enrique, Marín Guzmán, Roberto
التنسيق: artículo original
الحالة:Versión publicada
تاريخ النشر:2019
الوصف:The purpose of this essay is to analyze the exaggerations that Arabic sources contain concerning the treasures captured from the submitted peoples. To the exaggerated treasures obtained by Tariq bn Ziyad’s armies in the Iberian peninsula, is added the ma’ida Sulayman (Solomon’s table), famous not only because of its wealth, but also because it played a major role, according to the legend, or the historical reality, during the submission of an account of the activities of Tariq bn Ziyad and Musa Ibn Nusayr to the caliph in Damascus. This paper also analyzes the problem of Arabic sources dealing with the trip of the conquerors of al-Andalus to Damascus. In the first place even who the caliph was at the time when they received the order to go to Damascus is open to debate. Secondly, who the Amir al-Mu’minin was who heard their account of their activities in the conquest of al-Andalus. In the third place who the caliph was who punished them remains unclear. Arabic sources even contain different information concerning the types of punishments meted out to the Muslim conquerors of Iberia. Concerning these issues the legends are abundant, as well as the historical accounts. This paper also deals with these issues. The major thread for the explanations of these events is the analysis of the legends and the historical accounts.
البلد:Portal de Revistas UCR
المؤسسة:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
اللغة:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/36275
الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/estudios/article/view/36275
كلمة مفتاحية:Conquest and conquerors of al-Andalus; treasures; Arabic sources; legends; history
conquista y conquistadores de al-Andalus; tesoros; fuentes árabes; leyendas; historia.