Rebellion of the Alpujarras (1499–1501)
The First Rebellion of the Alpujarras were a series of uprisings by the Muslim population of the Kingdom of Granada, Crown of Castile against their Catholic rulers. They began in 1499 in the city of Granada in response to mass forced conversions of the Muslim population to the Catholic faith, which were perceived as violations of the 1491 Treaty of Granada. The uprising in the city quickly died down, but it was followed by more serious revolts in the nearby mountainous area of the Alpujarras. The Catholic forces, on some occasions led personally by King Ferdinand, succeeded in suppressing the revolts and inflicted severe punishment on the Muslim population.
Forced conversions under Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros were considered violations of the Treaty of Granada and were the main trigger of the rebellion.
A 2010 panorama of the Albayzín, where the initial uprising took place
Capileira, an Alpujarran village, in 2000, which retains many features from the time of Muslim inhabitants. The uprisings took place in such villages.
A depiction of a Morisco family, by Christoph Weiditz, 1529
The Emirate of Granada, also known as the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada, was an Islamic polity in the southern Iberian Peninsula during the Late Middle Ages, ruled by the Nasrid dynasty. It was the last independent Muslim state in Western Europe.
The Alhambra was the Nasrid citadel and residence in Granada. The Alcazaba fortress, seen here, is its oldest part and was probably Ibn al-Ahmar's initial residence.
Granada and its surrounding states in 1360
The Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo in Granada, a palace dated to the time of Muhammad II
A bronze lamp from the main mosque of Alhambra, dated to 1305 during the reign of Muhammad III