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Munuza
Munuza was a Berber governor of the Muslim conquerors of Iberia, based at Gijón in Asturias in the early eighth century. According to the Asturian chronicles, the Visigothic noble Pelagius rebelled against him, and after the Muslim defeat at Covadonga Munuza fled and was caught and killed. The revolt against him marks the beginning of the Kingdom of Asturias.
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