Excerpt from A Concise History of the Moors in Spain: From Their Invasion of That Kingdom to Their Final Expulsion From It
After bringing the Arabs in contact with their brethren of Mauritania, and landing them in Spain, I have comprised the two nations under the general head of Moors. This perhaps may wound the pride of the modern Spaniard, who may think it more honourable for his country to be conquered by one description of people than another. But exclusive that the Moors and the Arabs were once one and the same people.
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