Kaula al-Yahudi

Kaula al-Yahudi (c. 685–711) was a Jewish general of the 8th century, appointed by Ṭāriq ibn Ziyad. He played a significant role in the Battle of Jerez against the Visigoths in 711, leading a combined force of Jews and Berbers that secured control over a portion of Catalonia.

Al-Yahudi later led a rebellion against the oppressive rule of Al-Ḥurr ibn 'Abd al-Raḥman, the Umayyad governor of Spain. Al-Ḥurr attacked him with a superior army, resulting in al-Yahudi's retreat toward Lerida. There he was defeated, taken, and executed in 718. The Jews in his army, pursued by Al-Ḥurr, found refuge among their coreligionists in the cities of Catalonia.