Anticipating an Anglo‑ Morisco alliance
"However, a month later on 17 November 1600, al- Annuri and his remaining entourage were still in London, publicly celebrating another remarkable act of political staying power, the forty-second year of Elizabeth’s reign commemorated by the Accession Day festivities held in Whitehall. At some point around this time al- Annuri must have sat for his portrait... The portrait could have been painted in response to Elizabeth’s and Cecil’s attempts to commemorate some aspect of al- Annuri’s visit, anticipating an Anglo- Morisco alliance (even though some knew that support for it was waning) or a compromise anti-Spanish union with al- Mansur that stopped short of full- scale invasion." (Jerry Brotton, This Orient Isle- Elizabethan England and the Islamic World)
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Elizabeth and Cecil may have arranged for an artist to paint al-Annuri. Although his visit had not gone smoothly, they did not want to alienate the southern Moslems because they thought they might need them later (anticipating) in the shape of an alliance with the Christian Moors (Morisco) or some sort of arrangement with Morocco against Spain that, although not a full-blown military alliance (short of full-scale invasion), would serve to work against Spain in some way. Tying his portrait to the Queen's Accession Day honored him and was a lasting memorial to their connection.
- Elizabeth and Cecil may have arranged for an artist to paint al-Annuri.
- Although his visit had not gone smoothly, they did not want to alienate the southern Moslems because they thought they might need them later (anticipating) in the shape of an alliance with the Christian Moors (Morisco) or some sort of arrangement with Morocco against Spain that, although not a full-blown military alliance (short of full-scale invasion), would serve to work against Spain in some way.
- Tying his portrait to the Queen's Accession Day honored him and was a lasting memorial to their connection.
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Elizabeth and Cecil may have arranged for an artist to paint al-Annuri. Although his visit had not gone smoothly, they did not want to alienate the southern Moslems because they thought they might need them later (anticipating) in the shape of an alliance with the Christian Moors (Morisco) or some sort of arrangement with Morocco against Spain that, although not a full-blown military alliance
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Expecting an Anglo- Morisco alliance, Elizabeth and Cecil arranged for the portrait to be painted.
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