Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Charlemagne, achiona mukana, akabvuma rwendo uye akayambuka Pyrenees muna 778. Pedyo neguta reZaragoza Charlemagne akagamuchira rukudzo rwaSulayman al-Arabi. Zvisinei, guta racho, richitungamirirwa naHusayn, rakavhara magedhi aro uye rakaramba kuzviisa pasi. Asingakwanisi kutora guta racho nechisimba, Charlemagne akasarudza kudzokera shure. Vari munzira kuenda kumusha, mauto evaBasque akavakandira ndokuparadzwa muHondo yeRoncevaux Pass. "Rwiyo rwaRoland", nhoroondo yakanyanyonakidzwa zvikuru yehondo iyi, gare gare yaizova imwe yenziyo dzakakurumbira zvikurusa dzeMiddle Ages. Munenge muna 788 Abd ar-Rahman I akafa uye akatsiviwa naHisham I. Muna 792 Hisham akazivisa jihad, achifambira mberi muna 793 kurwisa Humambo hweAsturias neCarolingian Septimania (Gothia). Vakakunda William weGellone, Count weToulouse, muhondo, asi William akatungamirira nhimbe gore rakatevera racho mhiri kwePyrenees yokumabvazuva. Barcelona, guta guru, rakava chinangwa chevaFrank muna 797, sezvo gavhuna waro Zeid akapandukira mutongi weUmayyad weCórdoba. Uto romutongi rakakwanisa kuridzorera muna 799, asi Louis, ari pamusoro peboka rehondo, akayambuka Pyrenees ndokukomba guta racho kwemwedzi minomwe
kusvikira pakupedzisira yakapa muna 801.