The role of the Algerian Navy in saving the Muslims of Andalusia after the fall of Granada in 1492

Abstract

The issue of the Muslims of Andalusia is one of the central issues that has preoccupied many scholars and intellectuals as a sensitive issue affecting faith. After the elimination of the Islamic presence on the Iberian Peninsula, and the fall of Granada as the last Muslim stronghold in 1492. Spain aimed at overcoming Muslims and eliminating Morskians in Andalusia. Who due to the fear from the persecution and the cruelty of the Christians, they came to seek help from their Muslim brothers in the Maghreb zone, especially Algeria, which was known for its strength as it was formally attached to the Ottoman Empire. Joining the Ottoman Empire made the Algerian navy a superpower in the Mediterranean basin in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Algerians answered the call of their Morskians brothers and took it upon themselves to save them from the swarthy situation they had become in Andalusia.