Editing Musa ibn Nusayr (section)

===Governor===
In 698, Musa was made the governor of [[Ifriqiya]] and was responsible for completing the [[Umayyad conquest of North Africa|conquest of North Africa]] and of the Balearic Islands and Sardinia. He was the first governor of [[Ifriqiya]] not to be subordinate to the governor of Egypt. He was the first Muslim general to take [[Tangiers]] and occupy it;<ref>[[Ahmad ibn Yahya al-Baladhuri|al-Baladhuri]], p. 362 of English translation.</ref> his troops also conquered the [[Sous]], effectively taking control of all of the northern half of [[Morocco]]. He also had to deal with constant attacks from the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] navy and he built a navy that would go on to conquer the islands of [[Ibiza]], [[Majorca]], and [[Menorca]].{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}