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'''Count Cassius''' ([[ |
'''Count Cassius''' ([[8th century]]), also ''Count Casius'', ''kumis Kasi'' or ''kumis Qasi'', was a [[Hispania|Hispano-Roman]] or [[Visigoth]] nobleman that originated the [[Banu Qasi]] dynasty. |
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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]]. |
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]]. |
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Revision as of 02:35, 12 July 2007
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.
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.
At the time of the Muslim arrival and after, Cassius ruled an area comprising Tudela, Tarazona, Borja and probably Ejea.
See also
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.
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