...Morocco, where again they find themselves an…

...Morocco, where again they find themselves an alien element. (The Moriscos will be assimilated after several generations, but something of their Spanish heritage will survive into modern times.)

Morocco had progressively fallen into a state of anarchy since the death of Mulay al-Mansur in 1603, with Zidan Abu Maali, the Saadi sultan in Marrakech, losing authority, and with warlords taking territory from Zidan, such as ...