Musa bin Nusair was the viceroy of the western occupied lands of Qairawan on
behalf of the caliph Waleed bin Abdul Malik. Tariq bin Ziyad and Musa bin Nusair
both had been the conquerors of Andalus and both these chiefs
kept busy in conquering lands, cities and. forts and getting the Christians
to agree to treaties and getting the Islamic rule recognised. Both of them
are called ‘Conquerors’ of Andalus'. Musa bin Nusair died in
97 Hijri at the age of seventy eight years. He had been appointed as the
governor of Africa in 79 Hijri.