In Lucus Iberia, with the exception of the Basque Country north and west of Navarra was conquered by the Arabs, and with the further exception of Catalonia, excluding Valencia, remained so. However the ensuing direction of force and energy into the westward expansion across the Atlantic diverted interest away from Gaul, and eventually Catalonia as well. With most zealous propagators of the Faith gone to Almarevia (OTL South America) and the outbreak of civil war between Umayyads and Abbasids, the Iberian Caliphate choose to make a permanent truce with the Catalans who with the help of Occitan Tolosian forces had driven out the Moors from the northern part of their country.