See also:BOABDIL (a corruption of the name See also:Abu Abdullah)
, the last Moorish See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Granada, called el chico, the little, and also el zogoybi, the unfortunate
.
A son of Muley See also:Abu'l See also:Hassan, king of Granada, he was proclaimed king in 1482 in See also:place of his See also:father, who was driven from the See also:land
.
See also:Boabdil soon after sought to gain See also:prestige by invading See also:Castile
.
He was taken prisoner at See also:Lucena in 1483, and only obtained his freedom by consenting to hold Granada as a tributary See also:kingdom under See also:Ferdinand and See also:Isabella, king and See also:queen of Castile and See also:Aragon
.
The next few years were consumed in struggles with his father and his See also:uncle Abdullah ez Zagal
.
In 1491 Boabdil was summoned by Ferdinand and Isabella to surrender the See also:city of Granada, and on his refusal it was besieged by the Castilians
.
Eventually, in See also:January 1492, Granada was surrendered, and the king spent some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time on the lands which he was allowed to hold in See also:Andalusia
.
Subsequently he crossed to See also:Africa, and is said to have been killed in See also:battle fighting for his kinsman, the ruler of See also:Fez
.
The spot from which Boabdil looked for the last time on Granada is still shown, and is known as " the last sigh of the See also:Moor " (el ultimo suspiro del See also:Moro)
.
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.
A
.
See also:Conde, Domindeion de los Arabes en Espana (See also:Paris, 1840), translated into See also:English by Mrs J
.
See also:Foster (See also:London, 1854–1855) ; See also:Washington See also:Irving, The See also:Alhambra (New See also:York, ed
.
188o)
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