Andalus in a sentence

The etymology of al-Andalus is itself somewhat debated (see al-Andalus ), but it entered the Arabic language even before such time as this area came under Muslim rule.

Al-Andalus has an odd premise for a dance, somehow both vague and specific, but Roberts’s new work falls into an Ailey dance-theater tradition.

Then, she came to the Olive Press last year where she has honed her travel writing skills and reported on many fantastic experiences such as the Al Andalus luxury train.

Astronomers, agronomists, doctors, botanists, philosophers, musicians and poets have contributed over the centuries to create the rich cultural range of al-Andalus.

The al-Qaida-linked al-Shabab extremist group, based in Somalia, claimed responsibility for the attack, according to the the group’s radio arm, Andalus.

Abd al-Rahman's policy of taxing non-Muslims, which was often carried out by later rulers, changed the religious dynamic of al-Andalus.

Abd ar-Rahman's move made him both the political and the religious leader of all the Muslims in al-Andalus, as well as the protector of his Christian and Jewish subjects.

Abu Zakariya's succession to the Almohads was briefly acknowledged in Friday prayer by several states in Al-Andalus and in Morocco.

After his death in 632 C.E., much of the expansion of the empire came through conquest such as that of North Africa and later Spain ( Al-Andalus ).

After his victory at Tours, Charles continued on in campaigns in 736 and 737 to drive other Muslim armies from bases in Gaul after they again attempted to expand beyond Al-Andalus.

After Rahman I consolidated power, he proclaimed himself the al-Andalus emir.

Al-Andalus followed the fate of Africa.

Al-Andalus followed the fate of North Africa and all Islamic Iberia was under Almohad rule by 1172.

Al-Andalus had been invaded by an Abbasid army.

Al-Andalus was a safe haven for the house of Umayya that managed to evade the Abbasids.

Al-Andalus was rife with internal conflict between the Islamic Umayyad rulers and people and the Christian Visigoth-Roman leaders and people.

Al-Fihri himself managed to escape to the former Visigoth capital of Toledo in central al-Andalus; once there, he was promptly killed.

Although having Yemeni ancestry, his family enjoyed centuries-long residency in al-Andalus before leaving in the 13th century for Ifriqiyah.

Although he accepted that Al-Andalus derived from Vandal, he believed that geographically it referred only to the harbor from which the Vandals departed Iberia for (North) Africa—the location of which harbour was unknown.

Although the Almoravids had once ruled from Mauritania (south of Morocco) to al-Andalus (southern Spain), Almoravid rule had never reached to Infriqiya.