In the case of the most informative , the `` History of the Conquest of Egypt and North Africa and Spain '' by ibn 'Abd al-Hakam , Robert Brunschvig has shown Presence that it was written Writing with a view Perception_active to illustrating Statement points of Maliki law rather than documenting Recording a history , and that some of the events it describes Statement are probably historical .

For more information , refer to the works cited Adducing below by Brunschvig , Modéran and Benabbès ( all supporters of the earlier version ) and Siraj ( supports Supporting the later version ) .