Abu Abdallah Muhammad az-Zaghal (the Valiant) () ( 1444 – 1494) was the 23rd
Nasrid
The Nasrid dynasty ( ar, بنو نصر ''banū Naṣr'' or ''banū al-Aḥmar''; Spanish: ''Nazarí'') was the last Muslim dynasty in the Iberian Peninsula, ruling the Emirate of Granada from 1230 until 1492. Its members claimed to be of Ara ...
ruler of
Granada
Granada (,, DIN 31635, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the fo ...
in
Spain. Christians called him Mahoma XIII el Zagal.
Life
Muhammad fought in the
Granada War next to his brother
Abu'l-Hasan Ali, also known as "Muley Hacén".
He succeeded his brother in 1485. He abdicated in 1486. After passing the throne to his nephew
Muhammad XII, also known as Boabdil, el Zagal ruled over a fractured remnant of the kingdom in its last days.
When Muhammad XII surrendered the
Alhambra
The Alhambra (, ; ar, الْحَمْرَاء, Al-Ḥamrāʾ, , ) is a palace and fortress complex located in Granada, Andalusia, Spain. It is one of the most famous monuments of Islamic architecture and one of the best-preserved palaces of the ...
Palace to the
Catholic Monarchs, el Zagal left for
North Africa to gather an army. There he was imprisoned by the ruler of the
Wattasid dynasty, Boabdil's friend, who ordered to
blind
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him.
He presumably died in north-western
Algeria, in
Tlemcen, in 1494.
References
* Harvey, Leonard Patrick (1992), ''Islamic Spain 1250 to 1500'', University of Chicago Press
*
Irving, Washington (1832), ''
Tales of the Alhambra'',
Éditions Phébus, 1998
online edition
External links
* Nasrid dynasty of Granada
بنو نصر/النصريون/بنو الأحمر في غرناطة- Requiem for Granada
TV show.
Sultans of Granada
1440s births
1490s deaths
15th-century monarchs in Europe
15th century in Al-Andalus
15th-century Arabs
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