Moriscos Arrive from Granada

our ruler our ruler sent out proclamations throughout the empire that the refugees were to be welcomed. He granted them the permission to settle in the Ottoman Empire and become Ottoman citizens. they ridiculed the conduct of the monarchs of Castile and Aragon in expelling a class of people so useful to their subjects. 'You venture to call our ruler a wise ruler,' they said to his courtiers — 'they who has impoverished their own country and enriched mine!' our ruler addressed a firman to all the governors of his European provinces, ordering them not only to refrain from repelling the Spanish refugees, but to give them a friendly and welcome reception. they threatened with death all those who treated the Moriscos harshly or refused them admission into the empire.