Abu Tawr (Arabic:أبو ثور) waswali ofWashka, aMuslim nobleman, perhaps member of theBanu Salama (Arabic:بني سلمة) clan. Alternatively, it has been suggested that he may be the individual Al-Andalus genealogistIbn Hazm named as Abu Tawr ibn Qasi, son of theeponymous ancestor of the powerfulMuwalladBanu Qasis.
At theimperial diet ofPaderborn, he joined withSulayman al-Arabi, thewali ofBarcelona, andHusayn, wali ofZaragoza, in offering of their domains toCharlemagne[1] in exchange for military aid in a new revolt againstEmirAbd ar-Rahman I, with the aim of reinstatingAbbasid power inAl-Andalus. Charlemagne marched an army and took possession of Barcelona and Washka in 778, but Huseyn reneged and following an unsuccessful assault on Zaragoza, the alliance ended in failure with the Frankish withdrawal anddefeat at Roncesvaux.
In 790 he proposed an alliance withLouis the Pious.[2]
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