Yusuf Biscaino, also Ahmad b. Abd Allah al-Hayti al-Maruni, was a Morisco

Morisco

Moriscos or Mouriscos , meaning "Moorish", were the converted Christian inhabitants of Spain and Portugal of Muslim heritage. Over time the term was used in a pejorative sense applied to those nominal Catholics who were suspected of secretly practicing Islam.-Demographics:By the beginning of the...

 in the service of the Moroccan Sultan Mulay Zidan.

He was sent as an ambassador to the Low Countries

Low Countries

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 in 1610-11.

He met with Prince Maurice of Nassau who inquire to him about Islamic opinions on Jesus

Jesus

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. He preferred not to answer on the spot, but later sent a letter to Maurice After returning to Marakesh, Yusuf Biscaino sent the letter in Latin

Latin

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 to Maurice in 1611, relying as a source on the work of Muhammad Alguazir.