DBWI How far could the islamic invasion of Iberia go if succeded?

We all know the histories of the "miraculous" battle of guadalete, where the wesigaut kingdom defeated the invading umayyad army against all odds and killed Ṭāriq ibn Ziyad, at the costs of almost all his forces and a arm

The question if, what if the gauts lost the battle as (almost) happened? How much could they advance in hispania before being pushed back? If the islamic invasion did had some success, could this rally all the vassals of Roderic behind him again and prevent the civil war that almost destroyed the wisigaut kingdom?
 
The Visigothic kingdom was in significant decline by then. Most likely, the Umayyad invasion would have conquered the whole kingdom, although the Franks would take over Iberia as they did from the Goths, but instead from the Umayyads.
 
The Visigothic kingdom was in significant decline by then. Most likely, the Umayyad invasion would have conquered the whole kingdom, although the Franks would take over Iberia as they did from the Goths, but instead from the Umayyads.

Sounds about right barring the idea that the Umayyads would've been as weak as the Visigothic realm was when they broke under Pepin le Magne and his "New Rome".

Some surviving scions of the Ummayad proved quite hardy in the Emirates of Siqiliyya and Sardiniaan for example, and in the former's case was even able to take Southern Italy for a few generations.
 
Ummayad proved quite hardy in the Emirates of Siqiliyya and Sardiniaan for example, and in the former's case was even able to take Southern Italy for a few generations.

Yes, but all their incursions in iberia failed, even when the other emirates like the marinids tried they got crushed, I believe that if the visigauts didn't fell into civil war they would have pushed the Pepin back too
 
Yes, but all their incursions in iberia failed, even when the other emirates like the marinids tried they got crushed, I believe that if the visigauts didn't fell into civil war they would have pushed the Pepin back too
The Marinids only really failed to take Baetica due to the Byzantine piratical base in Majorca, and Doux Theoktistos' alliance with the King of Castilia. Without half of the Marinid navy being sabotaged off the coast of Tangier, Toletum might be ruled from Marrakesh to this day.
 
You mean Duke of Castilla, no?
Eh, the Hispanic realms by that point were effectively independent. They, along with other realms on the peninsula, were defacto kingdoms due to the nature of Frankish inheritance. It's why "New Rome" split in the mid 10th century between the sons of Pepin.
 
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