Emirate of Granada
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| Emirate of Granada إمارة غرﻧﺎﻃﺔ Imarat Gharnātah |
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| Motto Wa lā gāliba illā-llāh (There is no conqueror but Allah) |
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| Capital | Granada | ||||
| Language(s) | Arabic, Spanish, Ladino | ||||
| Religion | Islam (Roman Catholicism, Judaism) | ||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||
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| - Established | 1238 | ||||
| - Disestablished | 1492 | ||||
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The Emirate of Granada was established in 1238. As the Reconquista was very successful after the conquest of Cordoba in 1236, the emirate officially became a tributary state in 1238 and was called the Kingdom of Granada. The Nasrid emirs and kings were responsible for building most of the palaces in the Alhambra. The taifa became a vassal state of the Christian kingdom of Castile for the next 250 years. The Nasrid sultans and kings paid tribute to the Christian kings and cooperated with them in the battle against rebellious Muslims under Castilian rule.
On January 2, 1492, the last Muslim leader, Muhammad XII, surrendered complete control of Granada, to Ferdinand and Isabella, after the city was besieged.
Other websites [change]
- Emirate of Granada on screen
- (Spanish) Al-Ándalus III: el Sultanato De Granada (1232-1492) y Una Breve Reseña Sobre la Alhambra
- (Spanish) R.H. Shamsuddín Elía, Historia de Al-Andalus, Boletín N° 53 -08/2006 Al-Ándalus III: El Sultanato De Granada (1232-1492)
- (Spanish) Nicolás Homar Vives, Genealogy of the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada
- (French) Genealogy of the Muslim dynasties in Spain
