Rodolfo Gil Benumeya (5 June 1901 – 31 March 1975) was a Spanish-Andalusian writer, historian, and

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from a

Morisco ''Moriscos'' (, ; ; "Moorish") 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 had a sizeable Mus ...

background. He was one of the main proponents of Andalusian nationalism and Moriscoism, which emphasized the cultural differences between Andalusians and the rest of Spain. He dedicated much of his research to the study of

Al-Andalus Al-Andalus () was the Muslim-ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. The name refers to the different Muslim states that controlled these territories at various times between 711 and 1492. At its greatest geographical extent, it occupied most o ...

and supported Moroccan nationalism, seeing

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and Andalus as one land separated by the

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1901 births 1975 deaths Andalusian nationalists 20th-century Spanish non-fiction writers 20th-century Spanish historians Spanish Arabists Spanish Muslims People from Andújar {{Spain-writer-stub

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