Pirates - Moor

When the Emirate of Granada, the last Muslim stronghold in Spain, fell to the Catholic Monarchs in 1492, hundreds of thousands of Andalusian Muslims (Moors) were expelled. Many sought refuge across the Mediterranean on the North African coast.

How did this 300-year nightmare end? Not with diplomacy—with cannons. moor pirates

: Unlike Golden Age pirates who sought gold, Moorish corsairs were heavily involved in the Barbary slave trade . They raided European coastal villages—reaching as far as Ireland and Iceland—to capture people for ransom or sale in North African markets. The Fraxinet Settlement When the Emirate of Granada, the last Muslim