As a slave, Musa's father entered the service of Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan governor of Egypt and son of the caliph Marwan I who gave him his freedom | His father's patron, Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan, had a high opinion of Musa, and paid the ransom; he was later responsible for appointing Musa to be governor of Ifriqiya |
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Do not use this data until you have checked it, preferably at the source the archives | He had ruled over the Muslim provinces of North Africa Ifriqiya , and directed the islamic opening of the Visigothic kingdom in Hispania |
The most detailed account is that of at-Tabari who stated that Musa's father was taken captive after the fall of the Syrian city of Ayn al-Tamr 633.
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However, al-Baladhuri, relating the same events, states he was an Arab of the Bali tribe, from Jabal al-Jalil in Syria |
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He died about 716 TO ABT 718 in | According to this account, he was a Christian, possibly Persian, who was one of a number being held hostage there |
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There was some quarrel over missing tax money, and Musa was given the choice: pay a huge fine, or pay with his head | Although data is often retrieved from public archives, the searching, interpreting, collecting, selecting and sorting of the data results in a unique product |
He returned to Syria where Musa was born at a place called Kafarmara or Kafarmathra.
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