The Emir of Tlemcen and his family were riding in the back of a particularly large carriage as they wandered through the streets of Ribāṭ as if they were foreign conquerors. No longer did the banners of the Al-Haqq dynasty fly proudly over the city's walls. Instead, they were replaced by the flag of the Iberian Empire.
It had only been a fortnight since the Sultanate of Morocco fell to the conquest of their new masters, and while the European world was quick to recognize Iberia's annexation of the region, the Arabic world had stubbornly refused to do so.
