Tactically skilled rebels without strategic command were defeated piecemeal

Evidence

The situation would have been very dangerous indeed for the Spanish authorities were it not that the rebels, often tactically well led, seem to have lacked any overall strategic command. The Christian forces could thus proceed to put down the rebels in one area, then move on to another center of revolt, as and when the occasion arose. Such a lack of sustained and coherent control had been a common enough characteristic of Granadan resistance to Castilian onslaughts even before 1492. — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 207

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — L. P. Harvey, Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614, 207
• XREF: connects to: Rebellious voices matter historically even when they fail to achieve their goals — Philip Mirowski, Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, 286