The Battle of Granada was a siege of the city of Granada fought over a period of months leading up to its surrender on January 2, 1492. The city was captured by the combined forces of Aragon and Castile from the armies of the Muslim Emirate of Granada. Granada's forces were led by Sultan Boabdil (Muhammed XII).

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  • The Battle of Granada was a siege of the city of Granada fought over a period of months leading up to its surrender on January 2, 1492. The city was captured by the combined forces of Aragon and Castile from the armies of the Muslim Emirate of Granada. Granada's forces were led by Sultan Boabdil (Muhammed XII). Since the spring of 1491, Granada had been all that was left of the former Moorish state when the Spanish forces of King Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabella I of Castile laid siege to the walled city. After several attempts to disperse the besiegers had been defeated, Boabdil attempted to raise support from the Islamic Marinid state in Morocco. He negotiated a four month truce with the Spanish whereby he would surrender if no help was received by the expiry of the truce. This failed to materialise and, on the agreed date the city capitulated. This relatively small campaign was of momentous consequences as Granada was the last outpost of Al-Andalus in Spain and its fall brought to an end 780 years of Muslim control in the Iberian peninsula. It also marked the final act in the Reconquista, the campaign by the medieval Christian states of Spain to drive out the Moorish invaders. It is described in some detail in the fact-based novel, Queen's Cross by Lawrence Schoonover. Granada still celebrates the 2nd of January.
  • La Prise de Grenade est un siège qui dura plusieurs mois autour de la ville de Grenade dans le sud de la péninsule ibérique. La ville fut prise le 2 janvier 1492 par les forces combinées des couronnes d’Aragon et de Castille récemment unies en tant que royaume espagnol contre les troupes du royaume Musulman de Grenade menées par le Sultan Boabdil. Depuis 1491, Grenade demeurait le dernier reliquat de l’ancien royaume maure qui recouvrait, jadis, la majorité de la péninsule hispanique. Les forces espagnoles du roi Ferdinand et de la reine Isabelle mirent fin à cette présence musulmane en mettant le siège devant Grenade. Boabdil tenta vainement de se dégager des assiégeants, notamment en cherchant l’appui du royaume zianide. Après une trêve de 4 mois, négociée avec les Espagnols, ne voyant aucune aide parvenir jusqu’à lui, le sultan maure consentit à faire capituler la ville. Cette campagne, relativement courte, eut des conséquences extraordinaires pour le royaume espagnol, car cela mettait fin à plus de 780 années de présence islamique dans la péninsule, signant ainsi la fin de la Reconquista. Pour plusieurs raison, l'année 1492 est importante dans l'historiographie espagnole; on la nomme d'ailleurs l'année cruciale en Espagne et la ville de Grenade continue de célébrer chaque année ce jour du 2 janvier 1492.
  • Situada na região da Andaluzia, Espanha, a cidade de Granada, fundada em 756 pelos árabes, é desde o século XIII a capital do reino muçulmano de Granada. A sua rendição, celebrada durante vários dias, é o culminar de dez anos de guerras, dois anos de importantes investimentos financeiros e põe fim a oito séculos de domínio muçulmano na Península Ibérica.
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  • ''The Capitulation of Granada'', by Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz Muhammad XII surrenders before Ferdinand and Isabella. Oil on canvas, 1882.
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  • The Battle of Granada was a siege of the city of Granada fought over a period of months leading up to its surrender on January 2, 1492. The city was captured by the combined forces of Aragon and Castile from the armies of the Muslim Emirate of Granada. Granada's forces were led by Sultan Boabdil (Muhammed XII).
  • La Prise de Grenade est un siège qui dura plusieurs mois autour de la ville de Grenade dans le sud de la péninsule ibérique. La ville fut prise le 2 janvier 1492 par les forces combinées des couronnes d’Aragon et de Castille récemment unies en tant que royaume espagnol contre les troupes du royaume Musulman de Grenade menées par le Sultan Boabdil.
  • Situada na região da Andaluzia, Espanha, a cidade de Granada, fundada em 756 pelos árabes, é desde o século XIII a capital do reino muçulmano de Granada. A sua rendição, celebrada durante vários dias, é o culminar de dez anos de guerras, dois anos de importantes investimentos financeiros e põe fim a oito séculos de domínio muçulmano na Península Ibérica.
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