Divided Morisco leadership openly accused each other of selling the rebellion out

Evidence

We would have you know that we are well, praise be to God, and if only we might see you in person, we would lack nothing to content us. You should know that Nebel and commandant Caracax have destroyed us, and the whole kingdom, because they came to tell us they wished to return home, and although we did not wish to permit them to leave, for we still hope for help from God, and from you, still they insisted, and left. If anybody tells you that I gave my permission to the people of al-Andalus to make peace with the Christians, do not believe them, they are heretics and do not believe in God. The truth is that el Habaqui and Muza Cache with others went to the Christians, and made a deal with them to sell the land to them. They then made an agreement with Caracax and Nebel [and others], and they and other merchants gave them sixty prisoners, to enable them to obtain ships to cross safely to Barbary. When he had made this deal, el Habaqui went to the people, and told them all to surrender to the Christians and to leave Castile. I thought they had in mind the good of the Muslim community. I subsequently discovered that what they were doing was selling us all out. For this reason I had him arrested and had his throat cut. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 1564

Categorization

• XREF: The internal factionalism and execution of el Habaqui parallels later accounts of revolutionary movements consumed by mutual betrayal — connects to themes in Parable of the Sower about fracturing communities under siege.