Q. & A. 711 to 1707 with solved Papers css 1971 to date

Conquest of North Africa
For the defence of Egypt it was necessary to drive away the
Byzantines from North Africa. Tripoli was a stronghold of
Byzantine. When Hazrat Abdullah bin Sarah was appointed as a full
rank governor of Egypt. He took permission from the Khalifah to
advance into northern territory. During Hazrat Umar’s (Rad.A) time
Amr bin al A’s (Rad.A) had penetrated into the coastal part of North
Africa from some distance. After his appointment as a governor of
Egypt Hazrat Abdullah bin Sarah (Rad.A) received permission from
the Khalifah to penetrate deep into North Africa in 27 A.H.,. He
went with an army to conquer Tripoli, the main Byzantine fort of
North Africa at that time. Hazrat Usman (Rad.A) also sent a
reinforcement from Medina which included men like Hazrat Hasan,
Hussain, Abdullah bin Umar, Abdullah bin Zubair, Abdullah bin
Amr bin al A’s and Abdur Rahman bin Abi Bakr etc., after some
fight the inhabitants of Tripoli agreed to enter into a settlement and
promised to pay Jizya” (indemnity) equal to two and half million
Dinars annually. After the conquest of Tripoli, Hazrat Abdullah bin
Sarah spread his armies around Tripoli near a city named Yaquba
faced a huge Byzantine army, under the command of a famous
Byzantine commander, announced a reward of one hundred thousand
Dinars (gold coins) and the hand of his beautiful daughter to the
person who struck off the head of Hazrat Abdullah bin Sarah, the
Muslim commander. Hearing this Hazrat Abdullah bin Zubair
requested Hazrat Abdullah bin Sarah to announce reward of one
hundred Dinar. This victory cleared the way for advance of Muslims
in North Africa and soon they captured Tunisia and Morocco and a