Islamic rule govenrned the southern part of the Iberian peninsula for seven hundred years. In medieval history, "al-Andalus" (Arabic: الأندلس‎ ‎ ) was the name given to the parts of the Iberian Peninsula and Septimania governed by Arab and North African Muslims (given the generic name of Moors), at various times in the period between 711 and 1492.
The Moors were not European.