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According to all sources, the earliest being Paul the Deacon, Ṭāriq left from Ceuta ( Septem ) and landed at the Rock of Calpe, the later Gibraltar, which Arabic sources derive from Jebel Tariq, " Rock of Ṭāriq ".

A legend first recorded by al-Idrīsī has it that Ṭāriq burned his boats after landing.

From Gibraltar he moved to conquer the region of Algeciras and then followed the Roman road that led to Seville.

According to Ibn ʻAbd al-Ḥakam writing around 860, Ṭāriq, commander of the Arab-Berber garrison of Tangiers, crossed the straits of Gibraltar with ships from a certain Count Julian ( Arabic Ilyan ), lord of Ceuta and " Alchadra " ( Algeciras ), and landed near Cartagena, which he took and made his headquarters.