Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah al-Ghafiqi

Muslim general of the 8th century MujahideenAbd al-Rahman al-GhafiqiAbd-al-Rahman al-Ghafiqi as depicted in Charles de Steuben's Bataille de Poitiers en Octobre 732.BornAbd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah Al-GhafiqiTihamah, Arabia, Umayyad CaliphateDied10 October 732 (0732-10-11)Vouneuil-sur-Vienne, Poitiers, FranciaMilitary careerAllegianceUmayyad CaliphateService years721–732ConflictsBattle of Toulouse (721)Battle of the River GaronneBattle of Tours † 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Abd Allah Al-Ghafiqi (Arabic: عبد الرحمن بن عبد اللّه الغافقي, romanized: ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʿAbd Allāh al-Ghāfiqī; died 732), was an Arab Umayyad commander and governor who led Andalusian Muslim forces against the Franks. His invasion failed, and he was killed in action against the forces of Charles Martel in the Battle of Tours on October 10, 732 AD. Early years From the Arab Tihamite tribe of Ghafiq, he relocated to Ifriqiya (now Tunisia), then to the stretch of the Maghreb that is now Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Mauritania, where he became acquainted with Musa ibn Nusayr and his son Abd al-Aziz, the governors of al-Andalus. Campaigns Battle of Toulouse Abd Al-Rahman took part in