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<p>[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2483835, member: 76194"]Local legend states that as Muhammad XII reached the hills, he turned around and began to weep as he gazed down at Granada, and his mother turned to him, unimpressed at his sudden remorse, and cried out <b>"Do not weep like a woman for that which you failed to defend like a man." </b>After all, Muhammad XII had surrendered the city of Granada without a fight.</p><p><br /></p><p>That's pretty harsh coming from his mother, if indeed that's what she said, but I'd imagine she was non too pleased about being dragged into exile. Muhammad XII lived in a villa in Spain for many years, and he was well treated by his conquerors, but eventually he decided he wanted to die in Muslim lands and left Spain for Morocco. About 120 years later some European explorers reported meeting his descendants there, and they were living in poverty at the time, forced to rely on religious handouts to the poor in order to survive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Sallent, post: 2483835, member: 76194"]Local legend states that as Muhammad XII reached the hills, he turned around and began to weep as he gazed down at Granada, and his mother turned to him, unimpressed at his sudden remorse, and cried out [B]"Do not weep like a woman for that which you failed to defend like a man." [/B]After all, Muhammad XII had surrendered the city of Granada without a fight. That's pretty harsh coming from his mother, if indeed that's what she said, but I'd imagine she was non too pleased about being dragged into exile. Muhammad XII lived in a villa in Spain for many years, and he was well treated by his conquerors, but eventually he decided he wanted to die in Muslim lands and left Spain for Morocco. About 120 years later some European explorers reported meeting his descendants there, and they were living in poverty at the time, forced to rely on religious handouts to the poor in order to survive.[/QUOTE]
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