Banu al-Ahmar

The last state of al-Andalus, based in Granada. Their origin was in Arjona, one of the fortresses of Cordoba, and they are known as the Banu Nasr. ¹

Ibn Khaldun traces them to Sa'd ibn Ubada, the chief of al-Khazraj. ¹ After the collapse of the Almohad state, Muhammad ibn Yusuf ibn Nasr, known as Ibn al-Ahmar, founded the state and settled in Granada in the year 635 AH. ¹

Their state lasted until its fall. ¹