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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oqba_Ibn_Nafi_al-Fihri" title="Oqba Ibn Nafi al-Fihri – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Oqba Ibn Nafi al-Fihri" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ha mw-list-item"><a href="https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uqba_ibn_Nafi" title="Uqba ibn Nafi – Hausa" lang="ha" hreflang="ha" data-title="Uqba ibn Nafi" data-language-autonym="Hausa" data-language-local-name="Hausa" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hausa</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%93%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%AB%E0%A5%87" title="ओकाबा बिन नाफे – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="ओकाबा बिन नाफे" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uqbah_bin_Nafi%27" title="Uqbah bin Nafi' – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Uqbah bin Nafi'" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uqba_ibn_Nafi%27" title="Uqba ibn Nafi' – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Uqba ibn Nafi'" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%95%D7%A7%D7%91%D7%94_%D7%91%D7%9F_%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%A4%D7%A2" title="עוקבה בן נאפע – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="עוקבה בן נאפע" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uqba_ibn_Nafi" title="Uqba ibn Nafi – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Uqba ibn Nafi" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B9%D9%82%D8%A8%D9%87_%D8%A7%D8%A8%D9%86_%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B9" title="عقبه ابن نافع – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="عقبه ابن نافع" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" 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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%;"><div class="fn" style="font-size:125%;">ʿUqba ibn Nāfiʿ<br /><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">عقبة بن نافع</span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Statue_de_Okba_ibn_Nafi_al_Fihri_en_Alg%C3%A9rie.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Statue_de_Okba_ibn_Nafi_al_Fihri_en_Alg%C3%A9rie.jpg/220px-Statue_de_Okba_ibn_Nafi_al_Fihri_en_Alg%C3%A9rie.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="337" class="mw-file-element" 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/>666–674</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mu%27awiya_I" title="Mu'awiya I">Mu'awiya I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mu%27awiya_ibn_Hudayj" title="Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj">Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Abu_al-Muhajir_Dinar" title="Abu al-Muhajir Dinar">Abu al-Muhajir Dinar</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />681–683</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarch</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yazid_I" title="Yazid I">Yazid I</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Abu al-Muhajir Dinar</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Zuhayr_ibn_Qays" title="Zuhayr ibn Qays">Zuhayr ibn Qays</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">622</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">683<br /><a href="/wiki/Tabuda" title="Tabuda">Tehouda</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (near the <a href="/wiki/Oasis" title="Oasis">oasis</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sidi_Okba" title="Sidi Okba">Sidi Okba</a> in present-day <a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Resting place</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Sidi_Okba_Mosque" title="Sidi Okba Mosque">Sidi Okba Mosque</a>, Algeria</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Relations</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Banu al-Harith ibn <a href="/wiki/Fihr" class="mw-redirect" title="Fihr">Fihr</a> (clan)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Habib_ibn_Abi_Ubaida_al-Fihri" class="mw-redirect" title="Habib ibn Abi Ubaida al-Fihri">Habib ibn Abi Ubaida al-Fihri</a> (grandson)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abd_al-Rahman_ibn_Habib_al-Fihri" title="Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib al-Fihri">Abd al-Rahman ibn Habib al-Fihri</a> (great-grandson)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">Abu Ubayda ibn Uqba</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Parent(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nafi_ibn_Abd_al-Qays&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nafi ibn Abd al-Qays (page does not exist)">Nafi ibn Abd al-Qays</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Salma_bint_Harmalah" class="mw-redirect" title="Salma bint Harmalah">Salma bint Harmalah</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rashidun_Caliphate" title="Rashidun Caliphate">Rashidun Caliphate</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate" title="Umayyad Caliphate">Umayyad Caliphate</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rashidun_army" title="Rashidun army">Rashidun army</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">635–683</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/General" class="mw-redirect" title="General">General</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arab_conquest_of_Egypt" title="Arab conquest of Egypt">Arab conquest of Egypt</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Dongola" class="mw-redirect" title="First Battle of Dongola">First Battle of Dongola</a> (642)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_the_Maghreb" title="Muslim conquest of the Maghreb">Muslim conquest of the Maghreb</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sufetula_(647)" title="Battle of Sufetula (647)">Battle of Sufetula (647)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vescera" title="Battle of Vescera">Battle of Vescera</a> <a href="/wiki/Killed_in_action" title="Killed in action"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman','Old English Text MT',serif"><b>†</b></span></a> (682 or 683)</li></ul></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>ʿUqba ibn Nāfiʿ ibn ʿAbd al-Qays al-Fihrī al-Qurashī</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">عقبة بن نافع بن عبد القيس الفهري القرشي</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">ʿUqba ibn Nāfiʿ ibn ʿAbd al-Qays al-Fihrī</i></span>), also simply known as <b>Uqba ibn Nafi</b>, was an <a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arab</a> general serving the <a href="/wiki/Rashidun_Caliphate" title="Rashidun Caliphate">Rashidun Caliphate</a> since the reign of <a href="/wiki/Umar" title="Umar">Umar</a> and later the <a href="/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate" title="Umayyad Caliphate">Umayyad Caliphate</a> during the reigns of <a href="/wiki/Mu%27awiya_I" title="Mu'awiya I">Mu'awiya I</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yazid_I" title="Yazid I">Yazid I</a>, leading the <a href="/wiki/Muslim_conquest_of_the_Maghreb" title="Muslim conquest of the Maghreb">Muslim conquest of the Maghreb</a>, including present-day <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Algeria" title="Algeria">Algeria</a> and <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Morocco</a> and a failed attempt in <a href="/wiki/Nubia" title="Nubia">Nubia</a>. He is credited with establishing <a href="/wiki/Umayyad_rule_in_North_Africa" title="Umayyad rule in North Africa">Umayyad rule in North Africa</a>. Uqba was the nephew of <a href="/wiki/Amr_ibn_al-As" title="Amr ibn al-As">Amr ibn al-As</a>. He is often surnamed <b>al-Fihri</b> in reference to the Banu Fihr, a clan connected to the <a href="/wiki/Quraysh" title="Quraysh">Quraysh</a>. His descendants would be known as the ʿUqbids or <a href="/wiki/Fihrids" title="Fihrids">Fihrids</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Biography">Biography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uqba_ibn_Nafi&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Biography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Uqba was born in 622.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a general of the <a href="/wiki/Rashidun_Caliphate" title="Rashidun Caliphate">Rashidun Caliphate</a>, Uqba accompanied <a href="/wiki/Amr_ibn_al-As" title="Amr ibn al-As">Amr ibn al-As</a> in his initial capture of cities in North Africa starting with <a href="/wiki/Barca_(ancient_city)" title="Barca (ancient city)">Barqa</a>, then proceeding to <a href="/wiki/Tripolitania" title="Tripolitania">Tripolitania</a> in 644. Upon conquering <a href="/wiki/Cyrenaica" title="Cyrenaica">Cyrenaica</a> in 642 or 643, <a href="/wiki/Amr_ibn_al-As" title="Amr ibn al-As">Amr ibn al-As</a> fixed the <a href="/wiki/Jizya" title="Jizya">jizyah</a> to be paid by its <a href="/wiki/Berbers" title="Berbers">Berber</a> tribes at 13,000 dinars.<sup id="cite_ref-:12_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:12-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the <a href="/wiki/First_Fitna" title="First Fitna">First Fitna</a> and establishment of the <a href="/wiki/Umayyad_Caliphate" title="Umayyad Caliphate">Umayyad Caliphate</a> in 661 by <a href="/wiki/Mu%27awiya_I" title="Mu'awiya I">Mu'awiya I</a>, a second invasion of the Maghreb began. An army of 10,000 Muslims and thousands of others led by Uqba departed from <a href="/wiki/Damascus" title="Damascus">Damascus</a> and marched into <a href="/wiki/Exarchate_of_Africa" title="Exarchate of Africa">Byzantine Africa</a>, conquering it.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 670 now the emir or commander, Uqba led an Arab army to North Africa, crossing the <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egyptian</a> deserts, and setting up military posts at regular intervals along his route. In a region of what is now <a href="/wiki/Tunisia" title="Tunisia">Tunisia</a>, he established the town now called <a href="/wiki/Kairouan" title="Kairouan">Kairouan</a> (meaning "camp" or "<a href="/wiki/Caravanserai" title="Caravanserai">caravanserai</a>" in <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>) about 99 miles south of present-day <a href="/wiki/Tunis" title="Tunis">Tunis</a>, which he used as a base for further operations. This became a place of religious <a href="/wiki/Pilgrimage" title="Pilgrimage">pilgrimage</a> and the most important city in North Africa. Kairouan was chosen as the capital of the new Umayyad province of <a href="/wiki/Ifriqiya" title="Ifriqiya">Ifriqiya</a>. Uqba chose the site for its first mosque, and the <a href="/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_Kairouan" title="Great Mosque of Kairouan">Great Mosque of Kairouan</a> was constructed on the same year. This mosque has served as a model of all later mosques in the Maghreb,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and is considered one of the masterpieces of <a href="/wiki/Islamic_architecture" title="Islamic architecture">Islamic architecture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uqba_ibn_Nafi&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 683 Uqba was ambushed by the <a href="/wiki/Berbers" title="Berbers">Berber</a> Christian king <a href="/wiki/Kusaila" title="Kusaila">Kusaila</a> and his <a href="/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> allies in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vescera" title="Battle of Vescera">Battle of Vescera</a>. Uqba was killed beside his hated rival, <a href="/wiki/Abu_al-Muhajir_Dinar" title="Abu al-Muhajir Dinar">Abu al-Muhajir Dinar</a>. His armies evacuated Kairouan and withdrew to Barca, though it was recaptured in 688.<sup id="cite_ref-Conant_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Conant-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 686, <a href="/wiki/Sidi_Okba_Mosque" title="Sidi Okba Mosque">Sidi Uqba Mosque</a> was built as a mausoleum dedicated to him after his death. The building was at first built in a simple manner, completely made out of <a href="/wiki/Lime_mortar" title="Lime mortar">limestone mortars</a>, with no precious materials used. This architectural style resembled some of the oldest Islamic architectures and the mosques built <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-mu_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mu-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Al-Watiya_Air_Base" title="Al-Watiya Air Base">Al-Watiya Air Base</a> in Libya is also known as "Okba ibn Nafa Air Base" after him. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historical_accounts">Historical accounts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uqba_ibn_Nafi&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Historical accounts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kairouan-mosquee-cimetiere.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Kairouan-mosquee-cimetiere.jpg/200px-Kairouan-mosquee-cimetiere.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="300" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Kairouan-mosquee-cimetiere.jpg/300px-Kairouan-mosquee-cimetiere.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Kairouan-mosquee-cimetiere.jpg/400px-Kairouan-mosquee-cimetiere.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="1536" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Great_Mosque_of_Kairouan" title="Great Mosque of Kairouan">Great Mosque of Kairouan</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Extant records of most of the accounts describing Arab conquests of North Africa in general and Uqba's conquests in particular date back to at least two centuries after the conquests took place.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%27Oqba_ben_Nafi%27_infront_of_the_Atlantic.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/%27Oqba_ben_Nafi%27_infront_of_the_Atlantic.png/220px-%27Oqba_ben_Nafi%27_infront_of_the_Atlantic.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/%27Oqba_ben_Nafi%27_infront_of_the_Atlantic.png/330px-%27Oqba_ben_Nafi%27_infront_of_the_Atlantic.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/%27Oqba_ben_Nafi%27_infront_of_the_Atlantic.png/440px-%27Oqba_ben_Nafi%27_infront_of_the_Atlantic.png 2x" data-file-width="1726" data-file-height="1226" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Moustafa_Farroukh" title="Moustafa Farroukh">Moustafa Farroukh</a>'s 1954 painting of Uqba reaching the Atlantic</figcaption></figure><p> One of the earliest reports comes from the <a href="/wiki/Arabs" title="Arabs">Arab</a><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> chronicler <a href="/wiki/Ibn_Idhari" class="mw-redirect" title="Ibn Idhari">Ibn Idhari</a> in his <i><a href="/wiki/Al-Bayan_al-Mughrib" title="Al-Bayan al-Mughrib">Al-Bayan al-Mughrib</a></i>. In it, Ibn Idhari describes the moment when Uqba reached the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a>, where he allegedly said: | <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"O God, if the sea had not prevented me, I would have galloped on for ever like Alexander the Great, upholding your faith and fighting the unbelievers!"<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p><a href="/wiki/Edward_Gibbon" title="Edward Gibbon">Edward Gibbon</a>, referring to Uqba ibn Nafi as <i>Akbah</i>, gives him the title "Conqueror of Africa," beginning his story when he "marched from <a href="/wiki/Damascus" title="Damascus">Damascus</a> at the head of ten thousand of the bravest Arabs; and the genuine force of the Moslems was enlarged by the doubtful aid and conversion of many thousand Barbarians." He then marched into North Africa. Gibbon continues: "It would be difficult, nor is it necessary, to trace the accurate line of the progress of Akbah." On the North African coast, "the well-known titles of <a href="/wiki/B%C3%A9ja%C3%AFa" title="Béjaïa">Bugia</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tangier" title="Tangier">Tangier</a> define the more certain limits of the <a href="/wiki/Saracen" title="Saracen">Saracen</a> victories." Gibbon then tells the story of Akbah's conquest of the <a href="/wiki/Roman_province" title="Roman province">Roman province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Mauretania_Tingitana" title="Mauretania Tingitana">Mauretania Tingitana</a>:<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"></p><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>The fearless Akbah plunged into the heart of the country, traversed the wilderness in which his successors erected the splendid capitals of Fez and Morocco, and at length penetrated to the verge of the Atlantic and the great desert.... The career, though not the zeal, of Akbah was checked by the prospect of a boundless ocean. He spurred his horse into the waves, and raising his eyes to heaven, exclaimed: 'Great God! if my course were not stopped by this sea, I would still go on, to the unknown kingdoms of the West, preaching the unity of the holy name, and putting to the sword the rebellious nations who worship another gods than Allah.'</p></blockquote> <p>Scholarship on the life and conquests of ibn Nafi are available, but most have not been translated from their original Arabic. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uqba_ibn_Nafi&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Wheelus_Air_Base" title="Wheelus Air Base">Wheelus Air Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medieval_Muslim_Algeria" title="Medieval Muslim Algeria">Medieval Muslim Algeria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Berbers_and_Islam" title="Berbers and Islam">Berbers and Islam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kusaila" title="Kusaila">Kusaila</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Early_Muslim_conquests" title="Early Muslim conquests">Early Muslim conquests</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asid_bin_Kurz_al-Bajali" class="mw-redirect" title="Asid bin Kurz al-Bajali">Asid bin Kurz al-Bajali</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References_and_notes">References and notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Uqba_ibn_Nafi&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References and notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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Nāfiʿ"</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Peri_J._Bearman" class="mw-redirect" title="Peri J. Bearman">Bearman, P. J.</a>; <a href="/wiki/Thierry_Bianquis" title="Thierry Bianquis">Bianquis, Th.</a>; <a href="/wiki/C._E._Bosworth" class="mw-redirect" title="C. E. Bosworth">Bosworth, C. E.</a>; <a href="/wiki/Emeri_Johannes_van_Donzel" class="mw-redirect" title="Emeri Johannes van Donzel">van Donzel, E.</a> & <a href="/wiki/Wolfhart_Heinrichs" title="Wolfhart Heinrichs">Heinrichs, W. P.</a> (eds.). <i><a href="/wiki/The_Encyclopaedia_of_Islam#2nd_edition,_EI2" class="mw-redirect" title="The Encyclopaedia of Islam">The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition</a>. </i>Volume X:<i> T–U</i>. Leiden: E. J. 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