Defeated Muslim leaders split between exile and collaboration

Evidence

The fates of these two illustrate the choices to be made at this time. Boabdil after a short period in the Alpujarras took refuge in Morocco, and ended his days as a Muslim. Yahya, along with many other members of his clan, successfully passed over to become a dignitary of the new regime, as a Catholic, at least in his public life. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 216