Count Cassius (8th century), also Count Casius, kumis Kasi or kumis Qasi, was a Hispano-Roman or Visigoth nobleman that originated the Banu Qasi dynasty. (7th century — 8th century — 9th century — other centuries) Events The Iberian peninsula is taken by Arab and Berber Muslims, thus ending the Visigothic rule, and starting almost 8 centuries of Muslim presence there. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Iberian Peninsula. ... Migrations The Visigoths were one of two main branches of the Goths, an East Germanic tribe (the Ostrogoths being the other). ... The Banu Qasi were a Muslim dynastic family that ruled the region of the Ebro Valley in Spain. ...

Count Cassius converted to Islam in 714, after the Umayyad conquest of Hispania, as a means to preserve his lands and political power. Cassius was known to have travelled to Damascus to personally swear alligeance to the Caliph Al-Walid I. Islam (Arabic:  ) is a monotheistic religion based upon the teachings of Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure. ... // Events February 28 - An earthquake strikes Syria. ... The Umayyad conquest of Hispania (711–718) commenced when an army of the Umayyad Caliphate consisting largely of Moors, the Muslim inhabitants of North and West Africa, invaded Visigothic Christian Hispania (Portugal and Spain) in the year 711 CE. Under the authority of the Umayyad caliph at Damascus, and led... Damascus ( transliteration: , also commonly known as الشام ash-Shām) is the largest city of Syria and is also the capital. ... For main article see: Caliphate Khalif is the head of state in a Caliphate, and the title for the leader of the Islamic Ummah, or global Islamic nation. ... Al-Walid ibn Abd al-Malik (Arabic: ) or Al-Walid I (668 - 715) was an Umayyad caliph who ruled from 705 - 715. ...

At the time of the Muslim arrival and after, Cassius ruled an area comprising Tudela, Tarazona, Borja and probably Ejea. Flag of Tudela. ... Tarazona is a municipality (pop. ... This is a list of articles on Wikipedia. ... Ejea de los Caballeros (Aragonese Exea) - town in Aragon, Spain. ...

See also

• Basque people
• Kingdom of Navarre
• Al-Andalus
• Taifa

Languages Basque - few monoglots Spanish - 1,525,000 monoglots French - 150,000 monoglots Basque-Spanish - 600,000 speakers Basque-French - 76,000 speakers [4] other native languages Religions Traditionally Roman Catholic The Basques (Basque: Euskaldunak) are an indigenous people[5] who inhabit parts of northwestern Spain and southwestern France. ... The Kingdom of Navarre (Basque: Nafarroako Erresuma) was a European state which occupied lands on either side of the Pyrenees alongside the Atlantic Ocean. ... Al-Andalus is the Arabic name given the Iberian Peninsula by its Muslim conquerors; it refers to both the Caliphate proper and the general period of Muslim rule (711–1492). ... The term taifa in the history of Iberia refers to an independent Muslim-ruled principality, an emirate or petty kingdom, of which a number formed in Spain (Arabic: Al-Andalus) after the final collapse of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba in 1031. ...

References

• Alberto Cañada Juste, El posible solar originario de los Banu Qasi, in Homenaje a don José M.ª Lacarra..., Zaragoza, 1977, I.

External links

• Banu Kasi, Casius, Kasi and Qasi in the Spanish-language Auñamendi Encyclopedia.