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
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.
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.
Nasrid dynasty
…in the Iberian Peninsula and of al-Andalus. Twenty-three sultans ruled Granada from the founding of the dynasty in 1232 by Muhammad I until 1492, when Muhammad XI surrendered all lands to Isabella I of Castile. Today, the most visible evidence of the Nasrid dynasty is the Alhambra palace complex built under their…
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).