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Musa ibn Fortún (in arabic ), also known like Musa ibn Fortún ibn Qasi, one of the clan boss of the Banu Qasi, he was governor of Arnedo, Zaragoza and Tarazona. Grandson of Count Cassius and son of Fortún, he had among his childrens the well-known and powerful Musa ibn Musa, called himself Musa the Great.

Biography
Provide with his support to the emir Hisham I against the revolution of the yemení Said ibn al-Husayn in the Ebro valley -specifically in the area of Tortosa- the one who fought and killed.

He probably helped Abderramán I subdue Zaragoza in 772, as soon after he appointed him valí of some places in the Ebro Valley and his son Mutárrif governor of Pamplona.

After several triumphs, he declared his independence from the emirate of Cordoba. It is Musa ibn Fortún who transforms the Banu Qasi from a powerful family in the middle Ebro basin into the rulers of the area.

Muslim chronicles agree that he died in an uprising, although they differ as to the year or whether he was fighting next door or against the emir. Some say that he died in 788 fighting with the Umeyas against Said ibn al-Husayn, as recorded in ibn Idari's al-Bayan al-Mughrib. In ibn Hayyan's chronicle, he is said to have died in the revolt of Bahlul Ibn Marzuq between 797-798, although he also did not clarify whether he was supporting the rebel or the emir. Al-Udri, however, claims that he died when he revolted in 802 against the emir.

Descent
One of his wives was Oneca, who also married Inigo Jiménez, with whom he had King Inigo Arista of Pamplona. The sons of Musa ibn Fortún were:


 * Mutárrif ibn Musa (m. 798/99), governor of Pamplona, was assassinated by the inhabitants of the city in 799.
 * Musa ibn Musa (m. 862), held the head of the Banu Qasi clan upon the death of his father and was the son of Oneca and therefore half-brother of Inigo Arista.


 * Lubb ibn Musa, had a eponymus nephew, his brother´s son Musa.
 * Yuwartas ibn Musa
 * Garsiya (García) ibn Musa
 * Yunus ibn Musa


 * Husayn de Zaragoza