Taifa of Granada

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The Alhambra

The Alhambra is the fortified palace-city that Muhammad Ibn al-Ahmar began on the Sabika hill above Granada after taking the city in 635 AH, with an Alcazaba, palaces, offices and a town; Yusuf I added the Comares group and Muhammad V the Court of the Lions group. It was surrendered to the Christians in Rabi I 897 AH, and the Encyclopaedia of Islam calls it the only palace of the Muslim Middle Ages to survive whole and well preserved. Ibn Khaldun, relayed by al-Maqqari, says Ibn al-Ahmar built it as his residence and that it became the Nasrids' seat.

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The Alhambra