The Conquest of Granada and the Rise of the Muslim Rebellion

The conquest of Granada led to Muslim rebellions in the closing years of the 15th century. The Spanish response was brutal and thorough, forced conversions,. massacres, and voluntary exile for those who could afford to pay a fee that King Ferdinand demanded. Some of those refugees ended up in the Ottoman Empire, which welcomed them. Others settled in the Maghreb in the great trading cities of North African coast.