1492 CEmajor

Fall of Granada: End of Muslim Spain

سقوط غرناطة

Map: Granada, Spain (37.18, -3.6)

The last Muslim kingdom in Spain, Granada, surrendered to Ferdinand and Isabella. Sultan Abu Abdullah (Boabdil) wept as he left, and his mother reportedly said: 'Weep like a woman for what you could not defend as a man.' The subsequent Spanish Inquisition forced Muslims to convert or flee.

Sources

  • al-Maqqari
  • Spanish chronicles