Granada’s vanquished ruler, Muhammad XII, crosses the…
1492 CE
Granada’s vanquished ruler, Muhammad XII, crosses the Mediterranean to Melilla then went to Fes where he will build a palace, staying there until his death in 1533/1534, according to the writings of seventeenth-century historian Al-Maqqari.
Muhammad XII is buried near the Musala (place of the special prayer during the Islamic festivals) located outside of "Bab Sheria" in Fes.
His two sons; Yusef and Ahmed, will survive him.
Al-Maqqari will met with his descendants in 1618 in Fes and find them living in a state of poverty and relying on the Zakat.
Spanish chronicler Luis del Mármol Carvajal writes "Muhammad XII died near the Oued el Assouad (Black River) at ford told Waqûba during the war between the Marinids and the Saadians."
This source is also taken by Louis de Chénier, a diplomat of the King of France Louis XVI, in his Historical research on the Moors and History of the Empire of Morocco, published in Paris in 1787.