Granada

غرناطة

Spanish city, capital of the Nasrid kingdom, the last Muslim state in Iberia (13th century to 1492), with the Alhambra.

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Granada is a Spanish city, the capital of the Nasrid kingdom, the last Muslim state in al-Andalus, from the thirteenth century CE until 1492 CE. The Alhambra palace is in it. 1

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Foundations of the Alhambra· The breach of the Granada terms and the revolt of the Alpujarras· The surrender of Granada and the Christian entry into the Alhambra· The great battle of Granada, 663· Ibn Jubayr sets out from Granada· Ibn Jubayr returns to Granada· Expulsion of the Moriscos from al-Andalus· Ibn al-Ahmar takes Granada· Siege of Granada (1018)
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The Alhambra
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When the Moors Ruled in Europe· Cities of Light: The Rise and Fall of Islamic Spain· The Ornament of the World

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al-Andalus· Cordoba· Ibn Jubayr, Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Kinani· محمد بن يوسف بن نصر بن الأحمر· أبو عبد الله محمد آخر ملوك غرناطة· أبو عبد الله ابن الأحمر سلطان الأندلس· The Alhambra· Foundations of the Alhambra

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islam.museum contributors. “Granada”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/granada/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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In al-Baladhuri via al-Waqidi: Tariq ibn Ziyad, Musa ibn Nusayr's agent, raided it first in year 92; Alyan, governor of its strait, met him and was granted safety for ferrying him and his companions over in ships — its people fought him and he opened it; its king, they allege, was of the Ashban whose origin is Isfahan.