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Boabdil: The Last Sultan of Granada and the Fall of Muslim Spain
Abu Abdallah Muhammad XII, the last Moorish king of Spain was fighting battles on three fronts. He was warring with his father and uncle who both considered themselves to be the rightful king of Granada, while at the same time – in a display of power against the growing tide of Christian dominance in Spain – he invaded the region of Castile in April 1483.
Boabdil was very quickly captured, it’s said, after his horse got stuck in the mud.
He was imprisoned by the army of the Crown of Castile at El Moral Castle in Lucena. As an interesting aside, Boabdil was stripped of his clothes, shoes and sword and they were given to a Spanish nobleman.
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They remain on display at the Army Museum of Toledo.
During the period of Boabdil’s imprisonment, his father, Abu’l-Hasan Ali, reasserted his control over the throne. Nevertheless, the reign of Abu’l-Hasan Ali was cut short by his death in 1485.
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