The Conquest of Granada

The Conquest of Granada by the Spaniards (written 1670-1671, published 1672), is a two-part tragedy by John Dryden about the Spanish conquest of Granada (1482–1491), and the fall of Muhammad XI of Granada, the last Nasrit ruler of the Emirate of Granada (1230–1492), in southern Iberia. As a stageplay from the period of the English Restoration (1660), The Conquest of Granada is an example of the heroic drama genre in which the playwright Dryden was a pioneer writer; the first performance of the play was in 1670 and the first publication of the play was in 1672.