AHC: Better Invasion of Gaul

You challenge, if thoust take it upon thyself to abide by it, is to find a way to make the Umayyads' invasion of Gaul to go better for them.
 
It's assuming you had an invasion of Gaul to begin with.

What you had was a series of raids between late 710's continuing up to the early XIth century, with no better motive than plunder.
Some were successful (as in late 710's or 725/726), other failed (721, 731/732), but ultimatly, you lacked an invasion motivation.

Granted, such razzias were often the premice of a more important invasion elsewhere, when they were successful.
But given the conditions
- Unified Francia, Peppinids controlling at least 2/3 of Gaul, when not more.
- Few Arabo-Berbers (between 10, 000 and 15 000 at best in 740's)
- Constant infighting, if not civil war, in Early Al-Andalus
- Lack of interest for Gaul (Most of the Muslims settling did so in Spain, Septimania being considered as a marche rather than safe).

I don't think you could have it being successful enough to launch a full scale invasion before the great Berber Revolt.

I could see a more successful 721 campaign, and it would have some consequences, but nothing that decisive.
 
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