Sultan Yusuf I Abu al-Hajjaj al-Nasri
السلطان يوسف الأول أبو الحجاج النصري
7 October 1354 CE · 1 Shawwal 755 AH
Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf ibn Ismail ibn Nasr, sultan of Granada; killed by stabbing at the Eid musalla on the day of Fitr 755 AH by an infiltrated black man whose intrusion was attributed to some of the palace slave-women, per Ibn Khaldun's account — whereupon the Andalusians installed his son Muhammad V while his mawla Ridwan held him under ward and ruled over him.
At a glance
- Roles
- sultan
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- al-Andalus & Europe
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Life in time
Overview
Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf ibn Isma'il ibn Nasr, sultan of Granada. According to Ibn Khaldun he was the successor of Abu al-Hasan al-Nasri in rule. He was the father of Muhammad V 1.
His death
He was killed by stabbing at the prayer-ground on the day of the Fitr festival in the year 755 AH, by a black man who had been planted for the purpose. Ibn Khaldun attributed the plot, by an account, to some of the slave-women of the palace. The people of al-Andalus then set up his son Muhammad V, but his client Ridwan blocked him from him and took control of him 1.
He was the ruler of the Emirate of Granada 1.
Connections
- Predecessor of
- Sultan Muhammad V al-Nasri
- Ruler of
- Emirate of Granada
- Successor of
- أبو الحسن علي سلطان غرناطة
- Parent of
- Sultan Muhammad V al-Nasri
- Participated in
- واقعة طريف وتمحيص المسلمين
People and things also explored
Sultan Muhammad V al-Nasri· Emirate of Granada· أبو الحسن المريني سلطان المغرب· Alfonso XI of Castile· طريفة· Almohad Caliphate· واقعة طريف وتمحيص المسلمين· أبو الحسن علي سلطان غرناطة
Sources
- Kitab al-Ibar of Ibn Khaldun
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