THE See also:

• THE NASRIDES

NASRIDES  , of See also:

• GRANADA
• GRANADA, LUIS DE (1504-1588)

Granada, were the last of the See also:

• MAHOMMEDAN

Mahommedan dynasties in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain . They ruled from 1232 to 1492 . They arose at the 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 when the 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:

• CASTILE, or CASTILLE (Castilla)

Castile, Fernando the See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint, was conquering See also:

• ANDALUSIA, or ANDALUCIA

Andalusia . The See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty was of remote Arabic origin, but its immediate source was the See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain range of the Alpujarra, and the founder was Yusuf (or Yahia) 1'Nasr, a See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief who was engaged in perpetual conflict with See also:

• RIVAL

rival chiefs and in particular with the See also:

• FAMILY

family of Beni-Hud, once See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings at See also:

• SARAGOSSA (Zaragoza)
• SARAGOSSA, COUNCILS OF (Concilia Caesarauguslana)

Saragossa, who held the fortress of Granada . Yusuf's See also:

• NEPHEW

nephew (or son) Mahommed completed the defeat of the Beni-Hud largely by the help of the king of Castile, to whom he did See also:

• HOMAGE (from homo, through the Low Lat. hominaticum, which occurs in a document of 1035)

homage and paid See also:

• TRIBUTE (Lat. tributurn, a stated payment, contribution)

tribute . Mahommed I., called el Ghalib, i.e. the Conqueror (1238-1273), served the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian king against his own co-religionists at the See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

• SEVILLE
• SEVILLE (Span. Sevilla, Lat. Ispalis or Hispalis, Moorish Ishbiliya)

Seville and contrived to See also:

• ESCAPE (in mid. Eng. eschape or escape, from the O. Fr. eschapper, modern echapper, and escaper, low Lat. escapium, from ex, out of, and cappa, cape, cloak; cf. for the sense development the Gr. iichueoOat, literally to put off one's clothes, hence to sli

escape in the See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general See also:

• WRECK

wreck of the Mahommedan See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power . The See also:

• INTERNAL

internal See also:

• HISTORY

history of the dynasty is largely made up of See also:

• CIVIL

civil dissensions, See also:

• PERSONAL

personal rivalries, See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace and See also:

• HAREM

harem intrigues . The See also:

• DIRECT

direct male See also:

• LINE

line of Mahommed el Ghalib ended with the See also:

• FOURTH

fourth See also:

• SULTAN (an Arabic word meaning " victorious " or " a ruler," sultat, dominion)

sultan, Nasr, in 1314 . Nasr was succeeded by his See also:

• COUSIN (Fr. cousin, Ital. cugino, Late Lat. cosinus, perhaps a popular and familiar abbreviation of consobrinus, which has the same sense in classical Latin)
• COUSIN, JEAN (1500-1590)
• COUSIN, VICTOR (1792–1867)

cousin Imail (1314-1325), who is said to have been connected with the See also:

• ORIGINAL

original stock only through See also:

• WOMEN

women . From Mahommed el-Ghalib to Mahommed XI., called See also:

• BOABDIL (a corruption of the name Abu Abdullah)

Boabdil, and also the little king " El Rey Chico " by the Christians, who lost Granada in 1492, there are counted twenty-nine reigns of the See also:

• NASRIDES, THE

Nasrides, giving an See also:

• AVERAGE

average of nine years . But there was not the same number of sultans, for several of them were expelled and restored two or three times . Nor did all the members of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house who were allowed to have been sultans reign over all the territory still in Mahommedan hands .

There were contemporary reigns in different parts, and tribal or See also:

• LOCAL

local rivalries between See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain and See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill, and the chief towns, Granada, See also:

• MALAGA

Malaga and See also:

• GUADIX

Guadix . The dissensions of the Nasrides reached their greatest See also:

• PITCH
• PITCH, MUSICAL

pitch of fury during the very years in which the See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic sovereigns were conquering their territory piecemeal, 1482-1492 . Their position imposed a certain consistency of policy on these sultans . They submitted and paid tribute to the kings of Castile when they could not help doing so, but they endeavoured to use the support of Mahommedan rulers of See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa whenever it was to be obtained . Granada became the recognized See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of See also:

• REFUGE

refuge for rebellious subjects of the kings of Castile, and on occasion supported them against rebels . The end came when the weakness See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau having an See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of about 1800 ft. through which a of Mahommedan rulers in See also:

• MOROCCO

Morocco coincided with the See also:

• RULE

rule of strong sovereigns in Castile . Frontier See also:

• WARS

wars between Mahommedan and Christian borderers were incessant, and at See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long intervals the kings of Castile made invasions on a considerable See also:

• SCALE
• SCALE (1) A

scale, without, however, following up any successes they might gain . The See also:

• COMPARATIVE

comparative prosperity of Granada was due to the concentration of a large See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population driven from other parts of Spain, and the consequent See also:

• NECESSITY (Lat. necessitas)

necessity for the intensive cultivation of the See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich valleys lying among the ranges of mountains which encircle the See also:

• KINGDOM

kingdom, and the extensive " See also:

• VEGA, GARCILASO DE LA
• VEGA, GARCILASO DE LA (1503-1536)

Vega " or plain of Granada . The reputation for See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization which the agitated Mahommedan See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state enjoys in history is based on the surviving parts of the highly decorated fortress palace of the See also:

• ALHAMBRA, THE

Alhambra, which was mainly the See also:

• WORK

work of three of the sultans, the founder, Mahommed el Ghalib, and his two successors . See S . See also:

• LANE, EDWARD WILLIAM (1801–1876)
• LANE, JAMES HENRY (1814–1866)

Lane-See also:

• POOLE
• POOLE, MATTHEW (1624-1699)
• POOLE, PAUL FALCONER (1806-1879)
• POOLE, REGINALD STUART (1832-1895)

Poole, The Mahommedan Dynasties (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1894); and Historia de Granada, by See also:

• DON
• DON (anc. Tanais)

Don M . Lafuente See also:

• ALCANTARA

Alcantara (Granada, 1884) .