This 1892 illustration shows Boabdil bidding farewell to Granada. With him is his wife and mother,


This 1892 illustration shows Boabdil bidding farewell to Granada. With him is his wife and mother - and accompanying them were said to have been as many as 100 of his court. Boabdil was the 22nd and last Nasrid (Arab-Muslim) ruler of Granada in Iberia. Boabdil surrendered to King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain on January 2, 1492. Boabdil's official name was Abu Abdallah Muhammad XII


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