The internal design appears identical to the original pistols, and the primary external differences are the Arabic stamping on the slide and the warrior emblem (the medieval Arab warrior Tariq ibn Ziyad—who invaded Spain in 711 A.D.) on the grip.
In Alexandre Herculano's Eurico, o Presbítero, Oppas is portrayed as a traitor to his own country, whose troops treacherously went to the conqueror's side, and a close collaborator of the conquerors Musa and Tarik.
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After the defeat of king Roderic at the Battle of Guadalete, according to the Chronicle of 754, the Arabs under Tariq ibn Ziyad marched as far as Toledo, but Oppa, who was staying there, fled the city before they took it.
Tariq was born in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates to an Italian father and a Spanish mother, receiving his name from his father – who was working in the country – in honour of Tariq ibn Ziyad.
Tariq Ali | Tariq Ramadan | Ibn Khaldun | Ibn Battuta | Husayn ibn Ali | Hasan ibn Ali | Tariq Teddy | Ibn Hisham | Jābir ibn Hayyān | Ibn Ezra | Abraham ibn Ezra | Tariq ibn Ziyad | Ibn Battuta Mall | Ibn Arabi | Solomon ibn Gabirol | Pir Syed Tariq Yaqoob Rizvi | Ibn Saud | Ibn Hawqal | Ibn Ezra (disambiguation) | Abu Sufyan ibn Harb | Yusuf ibn Tashfin | Tariq's Treasures | Tariq Aziz | Tariq Alhomayed | Qazan Khan ibn Yasaur | Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari | Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University | Ibn Khordadbeh | Ibn Abi Zar | Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik |