Muhammad ibn Umayyah better known by the hispanicized version of his name, Aben Humeya, was a Morisco leader proclaimed King of the Moriscos by the insurgents in 1568, he organized guerrilla resistanc
Statue of Aben Humeya (Ibn Umayya), Berja, Spain
Depiction of Fernando de Válor (Aben Humeya) as Christian
The acclamation of Aben Humeya as king of the Moriscos
The Hernandos and Valor family tree
Moriscos were former Muslims and their descendants whom the Catholic Church and Habsburg Spain commanded to forcibly convert to Christianity or face compulsory exile after Spain outlawed Islam. Spain
Aben Humeya
…محمد بن أمية) better known by the hispanicized version of his name, Aben Humeya (born Fernando de Válor y Córdoba, c. 1546 – 20 October 1569), was a Morisco leader proclaimed King of the Moriscos by the insurgents in 1568, he organized guerrilla resistance in the mountainous region of the Alpujarras. He…
The Moorish Proselytes of Archbishop Ximenes, Granada, 1500 by Edwin Long, 1873
Muhammad I of Granada leading his troops during the Mudéjar revolt of 1264–66, illustrated in the contemporary Cantigas de Santa Maria
Embarkation of Moriscos in Valencia by Pere Oromig [es]
Expulsion of the Moriscos from Vinaros