Morisco

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Moriscos (Spanish: [moˈɾiskos], Catalan: [muˈɾiskus]; Portuguese: mouriscos [mo(u)ˈɾiʃkuʃ]; "Moorish") were former Spanish Muslims and their descendants who had been commanded to forcibly convert to Catholicism or face compulsory exile from the Crowns of Castile and Aragon after the Catholic Monarchs outlawed the practice of Islam in 1502, ten years after the similar expulsion of Jews from Spain. Spain had a sizeable Muslim population, called Mudéjars, at the beginning of the 16th century. The Iberian Union mistrusted Moriscos and feared that they would support invasions from the Ottoman Empire, so between 1609 and 1614 they began to expel them systematically from the various kingdoms of the Union. The most severe expulsions occurred in the eastern Kingdom of Valencia. The exact number of Moriscos present in Spain before the expulsion is unknown and can only be guessed based on official records of the edict of expulsion. Furthermore, the overall number who were able to avoid deportation...

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