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Count Cassius (flourished in the eighth century A.D.), also called "Count Casius", (, "Kasi kūmis", or "Qasi qūmis"), was the Hispano-Roman or Visigothic nobleman who founded the Banu Qasi dynasty.〔Roger Collins, ''The Arab Conquest of Spain, 710-797'', (Blackwell Publishing, 1994), 191, 204.〕 According to the tenth century Muwalladi historian Ibn al-Qūṭiyya, Count Cassius converted to Islam in 714, shortly after the Umayyad conquest of Hispania, as a client (''mawali'') of the Umayyads; his family came to be called the ''Banu Qasi'' (, the "sons (descendants ) of Cassius"). Cassius had converted at the hands of the Arab, Hassan ibn Yassar al-Hudhali, qadi in Zaragoza at the time of Abd ar-Rahman's arrival in the peninsula, as a means to preserve his lands and political power. Cassius joined forces with Musa ibn Nusayr and Tariq ibn Ziyad, and is reported to have travelled to Damascus to personally swear allegiance to the Caliph Al-Walid I. However, that possibility seems remote on the grounds of chronological discrepancies. An Arab historian who lived in the eleventh century, Ibn Hazm, identified Cassius's sons as Fortun, Abu Tawr, Abu Salama, Yunus, and Yahya. The Banu Qasi dynasty descended from Fortun, the eldest son; the second son may have been the Abu Taur of Huesca who invited Charlemagne to Zaragoza in 778; and the ''Banu Salama'', a family that ruled Huesca and Barbitanya (Barbastro) in the late tenth century, may have descended from Abu Salama.〔Cañada Juste, ''Los Banu Qasi'', pp. 7-9.〕 At the time of the Muslim arrival and after, Cassius ruled an area comprising Tudela, Tarazona, Borja, and, probably, Ejea. In part because the name "Cassius" is not attested anywhere in the period as a name, some historians doubt whether a "Count Cassius" actually existed. Furthermore, this type of name does not follow naming practices of the period. Historians point out that the origins of the Banu Qasi, as recounted by Ibn al-Qutiyya, could be a product of the spurious antiquarianism of the latter Umayyad period rather than reliable genealogy, satisfying the need for stories which bridged the conquest.〔Ann Christys, ''Christians in Al-Andalus, 711-1000'', p. 176.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Count Cassius」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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