The name of this famed rock & the strait beneath it come from the name of a Berber slave
In the 8th century, Africa was dominated by Arab-Berbers in the north: 
Islam... [DOC] [TLE] Tariq ibn Ziyad - Wikipedia [PAR] riq ibn Ziyd (Arabic:       ) was a Muslim commander who led the 
Islamic Umayyad conquest of Visigothic Hispania in 711718 A.D.