Spain: 'The Capitulation of Granada - Muhammad XII before Ferdinand and Isabella'. Oil on canvas ainting by Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz (1848-1921), 1882. The Emirate of Granada was established in 1228, after the Almohad dynasty was defeated by the Christians at the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. The Granada War began in 1482. On January 2, 1492, the last Muslim leader, Muhammad XII, known as Boabdil to the Spanish, surrendered complete control of Granada to Ferdinand and Isabella after the city was besieged.

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