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- Granada, kingdom founded early in the 13th century out of the remnants of Almoravid power in Spain by Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf ibn Naṣr al-Aḥmar, who became king as Muḥammad I (ruled 1232–73) and founded the Naṣrid dynasty.
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Granada, kingdom founded early in the 13th century out of the remnants of Almoravid power in Spain by Abū ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yūsuf ibn Naṣr al-Aḥmar, who became king as Muḥammad I (ruled 1232–73) and founded the Naṣrid dynasty.
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Jun 23, 2020 · The Nasrids ruled over the Emirate of Granada, which was founded during the 13 th century. The Emirate was the last Muslim state of Al-Andalus (also known as Andalusia) and was only conquered by the Christians around the end of the 15 th century.
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By the early 13th century, the founder of the great Nasrid Dynasty, Ibn al-Ahmar, had aligned himself with Castile's ruler and formed the Emirate of Granada, establishing its position on the Arab-African gold trading routes.
- Early History of Granada - Fables and Myths
- Ihverir - Iberian Granada
- Founded by The Tartessians
- Granada During The Visigothic Period
- Muslim Elvira
- Granada Under The Zirids
- Samuel Ibn Naghrillah
- Jewish Massacre in Granada
- Disintegration of Al-Andalus
- Capitulation of The Emirate of Granada 1492
Albaicin from the Alhambra Unearthing the history of Granada has been a fascinating task. It is easy to discount fables, for instance one such foundation myth mentions Noah, another mentions the Greek god Hercules, yet another mentions the Turdulos, an Iberian tribe related to the almost mythical Tartessian civilisation.
Elvira Gate It is the latter fable that contains a kernel of accuracy. Following the Battle of Llipa in 206 BC, when the Republican Roman army defeated the Carthaginian forces, the Romans set about consolidating their hold on southern Spain, an area they called Hispania Ulterior. The Romans were particularly interested in metals, copper, gold, silv...
Granada Cathedral Ihverir was, according to Roman historians, founded by the Tartessians. The Iberian tribes generally welcomed the Romans, as their Tartessian forefathers had welcomed the Phoenicians and Greeks, and soon established cordial trading relationships. Ihverir was renamed IIiberis. It is unclear as to whether the discover of gold in the...
During the Visigothic period, from the 5th century AD, an area known as Granata, adjacent to the Ibero-Roman site in what became the Alcazaba, was developed as a Jewish enclave. There are some indications that Granata was the capital city of the province during the Visigothic period.
The Muslims arrived and renamed IIiberis, Elvira. Elvira was destroyed in 1010 AD, during the Fitna of al-Andalus that led to the breakdown of the caliphate of Córdoba. Zawi ben Ziri established an independent kingdom, the Taifa of Granada. Whilst Arab sources such as al-Idrisi consider him to be the founder of the city of Granada, as we have seen,...
The Zirids built their citadel and palace on the hill now occupied by the Albaicín neighborhood. It was connected to two smaller fortresses on the Sabika hill (site of the future Alhambra) and Mauror hill to the south. The city around it grew during the 11th century to include the Albaicín, the Sabika, the Mauror, and a part of the surrounding plai...
The most powerful person in Granada at this time was Samuel ibn Naghrillah, an Andalusian Jew born in Mérida in 993 who fled to Granada during the Fitna and who became a tax collector and leader of the army. Under his influence, Granada became the centre of Jewish Sephardi culture and scholarship.
In 1066, jealous of the Jewish influence and prosperity, a Muslim mob stormed the royal palace and crucified the Jewish vizier, Joseph ibn Naghrela (Samuel’s son), and massacred most of the Jews in the city. In the late 11th century, the Zirids were supplanted by the Almoravid family, who ruled Granada from 1090 and they in turn were replaced by th...
In 1226, Almohad rule in al-Andalus collapsed and the area disintegrated into a hodge podge of local rulers and factions. This disunity was exploited by Christian forces who started a determined reconquest until by the late 13th century, only the Emirate of Granada, and a few Muslim enclaves such as Niebla and Jerez on the borders of the Emirate st...
On 2 January 1492, the last Muslim ruler in Iberia, Emir Muhammad XII, known as ‘Boabdil’ surrendered control of the Emirate of Granada to the Catholic Monarchs, Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. In accordance with reconquest tradition, and as written into in the Treaty of Granada, Muslim inhabitants, known as mudéjares, were allowe...
Jul 19, 2020 · Originally established in 1238 by the founder of the Nasrid Dynasty, Muhammad Ibn al Ahmar, it was expanded in the 13th century by Yusuf I, Sultan of Granada of the Nasrid Dynasty, who passed the project onto his son and heir, Mohammad V. Mohammed completed the Alhambra in the 14th century, including the Palacio Nazaríes.
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Mar 28, 2024 · Constructed on a plateau that overlooks the city of Granada, the Alhambra was built chiefly between 1238 and 1358, in the reigns of Ibn al-Aḥmar, founder of the Naṣrid dynasty, and his successors. The splendid decorations of the interior are ascribed to Yūsuf I (died 1354).
From the late 11th century to the early 13th century, Al-Andalus was dominated by two successive North African Berber empires. The Almoravids ruled Granada from 1090 and the Almohads from 1166. Granada also served as an administrative capital of Almoravid rule in al-Andalus.
