Uqba ibn al-Hajjaj

The new wali of Al-Andalus denounced the self-enriching excesses in taxation imposed by Abd al-Malik ibn Katan al-Fihri, imprisoned him and his officials.

[1] This time, however, saw the commencement of serious internal unrest when the Berbers of North Africa rebelled against a new taxation exacted on them despite being Muslim——usually applying only to non-Muslims.

Not only that, the youths were forcibly recruited for the military and maidens forced to provide for the harem of the Caliph in Damascus.

In 739 (or 740) the governor imposed a garrison and direct central rule in Pamplona, an outpost that may have been held up to that point by the Franks (or probably Basque-Aquitanians) since the aftermath of the Battle of Poitiers (732).

Shortly after, the governor marched over the northern tip of Africa and Tangier to quash a Berber uprising, and ultimately provoked a killing that spurred his downfall.