Clandestine Morisco writings forged continuity from Spanish Islam into North African exile

Evidence

The Young Man from Ar´evalo’s writings were read and made use of after him by Muhammad Rabad´an, whose poem in celebration of the life of the Prophet was carried by the refugees to Tunisia (where we are told it was performed to music). … It could be said that the Young Man is a link establishing cultural and religious continuity through the period of clandestinity between the days in the fifteenth century when free Muslims lived in Spain openly and the days in the seventeenth century when their descendents were able finally to resume the free practice of their religion in North African exile. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 803

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to how clandestine religious communities transmit tradition through written works, similar to the manuscript-era compilation theme in The Library: A Fragile History.
• QUESTION: Worth chasing: how did a poem sung to music in Tunis travel and get performed — and does that musical tradition survive?