Although the uprising in Albayzin appeared to be put down and Granada was nominally transformed to a Christian city, the rebellion spread to the countryside. The leaders of the Albayzin uprising fled to the Alpujarra mountains.[1] The inhabitants of the mountains, almost exclusively Muslims, had only accepted Christian rule reluctantly.[1] They quickly rose up in revolts against what they regarded as the violation of the terms of the Treaty of Granada, and because they feared they would suffer the same forced conversions as the residents of Albayzin.[11] By February 1500, eighty thousand Christian troops were mobilized to put down the rebellion.[1] By March, King Ferdinand arrived to personally direct the operations.[12]