At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe · Maghreb
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Abu Abd Allah Muhammad, the last sultan of the Banu Nasr in Granada. Al-Maqqari says that the Muslim kingdom of al-Andalus came to an end in his reign. He was the son of Sultan Abu al-Hasan, of the Khazraj Ansar. 2
Handover and departure
He surrendered the Alhambra to the Christians on the second of Rabi al-Awwal 897 AH, on sixty-seven conditions, which they broke afterwards, according to al-Maqqari. He then moved to the Alpujarras, and then went to the Maghrib, where he stayed at Melilla and settled in Fez. 2
In Fez
He built palaces there in the manner of the buildings of al-Andalus, which al-Maqqari saw and entered. He wrote to the Wattasid sultan of Fez a letter called "al-Rawd al-Atir al-Anfas", composed by Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Abd Allah al-Arabi al-Uqayli. He died in Fez in 940 AH and was buried near the musalla outside the Gate of the Law, and left two sons, Yusuf and Ahmad. Al-Maqqari says that in 1027 AH he saw his descendants attached to the endowments of the poor and the needy, and counted among the beggars. 2
Connections
People and things also explored
al-Zaghal Abu Abd Allah, sultan of Granada· Granada· The surrender of Granada and the Christian entry into the Alhambra· The Bayyazin revolt and the fall of Loja· Battle of Lucena and the capture of Abu Abd Allah
Sources
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p. 528-529
- Nafh al-Tib min Ghusn al-Andalus al-Ratib — al-Maqqari , p.528-529
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islam.museum contributors. “أبو عبد الله محمد آخر ملوك غرناطة”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/boabdil-muhammad-xii/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.