Tariq Definition

pronoun
A male given name.
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Origin of Tariq

  • Arabic طارق (ʈāriq, “messenger, nocturnal visitor, or morning star”), from طرق (ʈáraqa, “to knock, to rap”)

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Tariq Sentence Examples

  • When he returned from the west to Kairawan, he made his client Tariq (or Tarik) governor of Tangier and of the whole western part of Africa.

  • Authorized by Musa, Tariq now sent, in Ramadan 91 (July 710), 500 Berbers under the command of Tarif to reconnoitre the, country.

  • Tariq, thus certain of meeting no serious opposition to his landing, passed into Spain himself with an army composed mainly of Berbers of the Ghomera tribe under the guidance of Julian.

  • The spot where he landed thence acquired the name of Jebel Tariq, "Mountain of Tariq," afterwards corrupted into Gibraltar.

  • Having made himself master of Algeciras and thereby secured his communication with Africa, Tariq set out at once in the direction of Cordova.

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