Who were Muslims of Spain called?

• A. Moors
• B. Ottomans
• C. Saracens
• D. Arabs

Answer: (A)

The term Moors is the best fit because it is the conventional label used in medieval and modern history for the Muslim inhabitants of the Iberian Peninsula during Al-Andalus. These communities included both Arabs and Berbers who became Muslim and established lasting cultures, science, and rule in parts of Spain and Portugal from roughly the 8th to the 15th centuries.

Ottomans refer to the Turkish-led empire centered in Anatolia and never governed Iberia, so they don’t describe Spain’s Muslim population. Saracens is a broader, older label used in Christian sources for Muslims in various regions; it’s too vague for the specific Iberian context. Arabs would be inaccurate because not all Muslims in Spain were ethnically Arab—many were Berbers or mixed communities—so the more precise and widely used designation is Moors.