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Muhammad XIII of Granada

Emir of Granada

Reign

1485–1486

Predecessor

Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Granada

Successor

Muhammad XII of Granada

Born

c. 1444
Alhambra, Granada

Died

c. 1494
Tlemcen?

Names
Abū 'Abd Allāh Muhammad al-Zaghall -أ

Father

Religion

Abu Abdallah Muhammad al-Zaghal (the Valiant) (Arabic: أبو عبد الله محمد الثالث عشر) (c. 1444 – c. 1494) was the 23rd Nasrid ruler of Granada in Spain. Christians called him Mahoma XIII el Zagal.

Life

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.

When Muhammad XII surrendered the Alhambra Palace to the Catholic Monarchs, el Zagal left for North Africa to gather an army. There he was imprisoned by the ruler of the Wattasid dynasty, Boabdil's friend, who ordered to blind him.

He presumably died in north-western Algeria, in Tlemcen, in 1494.

References

Harvey, Leonard Patrick (1992), Islamic Spain 1250 to 1500, University of Chicago Press
Irving, Washington (1832), Tales of the Alhambra, Éditions Phébus, 1998 (online edition)

External links

Nasrid dynasty, Granada (1237-1492)
Nasrid dynasty of Granada (in Arabic) بنو نصر/النصريون/بنو الأحمر في غرناطة
Requiem for Granada, TV film.

Regnal titles
Muhammad XIII of Granada Nasrid dynastyCadet branch of the Banu KhazrajBorn: 1444? Died: 1494?
Preceded byAbu'l-Hasan Ali	Emir of Granada 1485–1486	Succeeded byMuhammad XII

v t e Monarchs of Granada
Taifa of Granada (1013–1090)	Zawi ibn Ziri Habbus al-Muzaffar Badis ibn Habus Abdallah ibn Buluggin
Emirate of Granada (1238–1492)	Muhammad I Muhammad II Muhammad III Nasr Ismail I Muhammad IV Yusuf I Muhammad V Ismail II Muhammad VI Muhammad V (2nd reign) Yusuf II Muhammad VII Yusuf III Muhammad VIII Muhammad IX Muhammad VIII (2nd reign) Muhammad IX (2nd reign) Yusuf IV Muhammad IX (3rd reign) Muhammad X Yusuf V Muhammad X (2nd reign) Muhammad IX (4th reign) Muhammad XI Abu Nasr Sa'd Yusuf V (2nd reign) Abu Nasr Sa'd (2nd reign) Abu'l-Hasan Ali Muhammad XII Abu'l-Hasan Ali (2nd reign) Muhammad XIII Muhammad XII (2nd reign)

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