Just an aside, but few Americans know that the first nation to recognize the new nation of the United States of America, was the Kingdom of Morrocco.
I’ve been to the El Alhambra more than once and own a couple histories of that palace/fortress. It is an interesting edifice and has a sad and very bloody past.
One Moorish prince, upon becoming king, ordered all the other princes gathered in the Court of the Lions. There they were all slaughtered at his command. I have to say that the Saud’s of Arabia seem to have averted that type of travesty, but it isn’t unknown in Middle Eastern history.
It isn't unknown in any history. Ancient history is full of such stories, as is Chinese. And apart from scale, it's not unknown in European history, either. Richard III had the two young princes killed, for example.