Muhammad XI of Granada
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Abu Abdallah Muhammad XI, known in Europe as Boabdil, was the 22nd and last Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada in Iberia.
Portrait by anonymous, 17th century, private collection
Gold dinar of Muhammad XI
The Capitulation of Granada by Francisco Pradilla Ortiz, 1882: Muhammad XI surrenders to Ferdinand and Isabella
Boabdil's Farewell to Granada by Alfred Dehodencq (1822–1882).
Nasrid dynasty
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The Nasrid dynasty was an Arab dynasty that ruled the Emirate of Granada from 1232 to 1492. It was the last Muslim dynasty in the Iberian Peninsula and of al-Andalus. Twenty-three sultans ruled Granad
Muhammad XI of Granada
…أبو عبد الله محمد الثاني عشر, romanized: Abū ʿAbdi-llāh Muḥammad ath-thānī ʿashar; c. 1460–1533), known in Europe as Boabdil, was the 22nd and last Nasrid ruler of the Emirate of Granada in Iberia. Muhammad XI was the son of Abu l-Hasan Ali, Sultan of the Emirate of Granada whom he succeeded in 1482, as…
Coat of Arms of the Emirate of Granada on a wall in the Alhambra, Nasrid dynasty (1232–1492)
Contemporary coat of arms (upper right) of the Nasrid dynasty of Granada with garbled Arabic inscription (Wernigerode Armorial).
A Nasrid-era silk textile fragment, with the epigraphic inscription "glory to our lord the Sultan".
Painting in the ceiling of the Hall of Kings of the Alhambra, depicting the ten Sultans of Granada.