Leaders of the armies that conquered the Maghreb countries in light of the book (The Great Arab Conquests) by the orientalist Hugh Kennedy

Abstract

Praise be to God, Lord of the Worlds, and may God’s prayers and peace be upon our master Abu al-Qasim Muhammad, and upon his pure and immaculate family and chosen companions.

After that: The history of Morocco constitutes an integral part of the history of the Arab Islamic nation, and despite that, interest in studying this history and revealing its data did not become active until the last quarter of the last century, and researchers or most of them remained busy studying the history of the Arab Islamic East without giving the history of Morocco its due study, and from here the motives for choosing this research are to be a modest contribution to filling a gap in the Arab conquest of the Maghreb countries that still need a detailed scientific study, as the Maghreb countries knew a new stage in its history in light of the Islamic conquests, which were carried out by the leaders of the conquerors, but the geographical nature of the Maghreb countries was the reason for the emergence of this stage, and this stage was a turning point in the history of the Islamic Maghreb, and the human composition and political circumstances were not in favor of the conquerors in any way, which led to the obstruction and delay of the course of the conquests for a period of time, and in any case, the phenomenon of the Islamic conquest that the region witnessed in light of the conquering leaders and the intense activity of the forces in the Maghreb countries, which had its weight due to the influence and prestige that it possessed in its natural and human environment, and it was exploited These forces had the historical circumstances available to stand up to the Byzantine plans to conquer these countries, and history wrote for them to withstand the Byzantine force for a period of time, and thus the leaders of the Islamic conquests were able to dominate the countries of the Maghreb and exhaust its resources and obtain the greatest amount of spoils, which subsequently led to confusing the calculations of the leaders of the conquerors for many years in order to get closer to the Caliphate and obtain the resounding positions in the state