At the same time, the interest for ancient Arabic scientific and medical writings was still very prominent, in spite of the fact that a large part of the Muslim community who had refused to convert to Christianity, had been expelled from Spain along with similarly unconverted Jews during the year of 1492.
Concurrently, there was a persistent interest in classical Arabic writings on science and medicine, even though a significant portion of the Muslim population who refused to adopt Christianity was driven out of Spain, along with unconverted Jews, in 1492. This event had a lasting impact on the preservation and study of these texts.