Al-Andalus · 1492
Fall of Granada
On 2 January 1492 the last Muslim ruler of Spain handed over the keys of the Alhambra. 781 years of Muslim rule in Iberia came to an end.
Key facts
- When
- 1492
- Where
- Granada, Spain
- Sides
- Emirate of Granada vs Castile and Aragon
- Commanders
- Muhammad XII (Boabdil) vs Ferdinand and Isabella
- Result
- City surrendered
- Type
- Al-Andalus
- Chapter
- 4. Al-Andalus and the Subcontinent
The wider picture: Three gunpowder empires
Mehmed II took Constantinople in 1453. Selim I conquered Egypt in 1517 and the caliphate passed to the Ottomans. Suleiman won at Mohacs in 1526, and a second siege of Vienna failed in 1683. Further east, Safavid Iran and the Mughals of India ruled at the same time.
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