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Just before his death, Muhammad II oversaw a successful campaign against Castile, taking advantage of Castile's concurrent war against Aragon and the minority of the Castilian king, Ferdinand IV. He routed the Castilian army at the Battle of Iznalloz in 1295 and conquered some border towns, including Quesada in 1295 and Alcaudete in 1299. [13]
The new Aragonese king was wary of Muhammad's alliance with the Marinids, while the latter increased their naval activities in the Straits of Gibraltar and reportedly planned to invade Spain. [ 21 ] [ 25 ] He renewed his father's treaty with Muhammad, but at the same time he allied himself with Alfonso XI, signing the treaties of Agreda in 1328 ...
Muhammad V's reign was interrupted by a palace coup in August 1359 that placed his half-brother, Isma'il II (r. 1359–1360), on the throne. [78] Muhammad V escaped to Guadix, where he had support from the local garrison, but was unable to rally further support from Almería or from Peter I, the Castilian king.
The civil war ended in 1328 when Muhammad took a more active role in government. Castile and the kingdom of Aragon invaded Granada in 1330. In 1332, Muhammad sailed to the Marinid court at Fez to request help and the new Marinid Sultan Abu al-Hasan Ali sent 5,000 troops, who besieged the Castilians at Gibraltar.
Muhammad II c. 1235-1302 Sultan of Granada r. 1273-1302: Muhammad III 1257-1314 Sultan of Granada r. 1302-1309: Fatima bint Muhammad 1260/1-1349: Abu Sa'id Faraj ibn Isma'il 1248-1320: Nasr 1287-1322 Sultan of Granada r. 1309-1314 King of Guadix r. 1314-1322: Isma'il I 1279-1325 Sultan of Granada r. 1314-1325: Muhammad Ibn Faraj: Muhammad IV ...
Muhammad's main legacy was the founding of the Emirate of Granada under the rule of the Nasrid dynasty, which on his death was the only independent Muslim state remaining in the Iberian peninsula, [69] and would last for little over two centuries before its fall in 1492. The emirate spanned 240 miles (390 km) between Tarifa in the west and ...
Muhammad XI (Arabic: محمد الحادي عشر) (died 1454) was the nineteenth Nasrid ruler of the Moorish Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula. References [ edit ]
Muhammad fought in the Granada War next to his brother Abu'l-Hasan Ali, also known as "Muley Hacén".. He succeeded his brother in 1485. He abdicated in 1486. After passing the throne to his nephew Muhammad XII, also known as Boabdil, el Zagal ruled over a fractured remnant of the kingdom in its last days.