Fihrids
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The Fihrids (), also known as Banū Fihr (), were an Arab family and clan, prominent in Ifriqiya and Al-Andalus in the 8th century.
The Fihrids were from the Arabian clan of Banu Fihr, part of the Quraysh, the tribe of the Prophet. Probably the most illustrious of the Fihrids was Uqba ibn Nafi al-Fihri, the Arab Muslim conqueror of North Africa in 670-680s, and founder of al-Qayrawan. Several of his sons and grandsons participated in the subsequent conquest of Hispania in 712.
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