King of Granada

Emirate of Granada
إمارة غرﻧﺎﻃﺔ Imarat Gharnāṭah
Tributary state of the Crown of Castile
1230–1492
Flag Coat of arms
Motto Wa lā ghāliba illā-llāh (There is no victor but God)
Territory of the Nasrid Kingdom
Capital		Granada
Languages		Official language: Classical Arabic Other languages: Andalusi Arabic, Mozarabic, Berber, Ladino
Religion		Majority religion: Islam Minority religions: Christianity (Roman Catholicism), Judaism
Government		Hereditary monarchy
Sultan
•	1238–1273	Mohammed I ibn Nasr
•	1487–1492	Muhammad XII
Historical era		Late Middle Ages
•	Established	1230
•	Castilian conquest	1492
Preceded by Succeeded by Almohad Caliphate Kingdom of Granada (Crown of Castile)
Today part of		Spain  Gibraltar  Morocco

 Gibraltar

 Morocco

The Emirate of Granada (Arabic: إمارة غرﻧﺎﻃﺔ‎‎, trans. Imarat Gharnāṭah), also known as the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada (Spanish: Reino Nazarí de Granada), was an emirate established in 1230 by Mohammed I ibn Nasr. After Prince Idris left Iberia to take the Almohad Caliphate leadership, the ambitious Mohammed I ibn Nasr established the last Muslim dynasty on the Iberian peninsula, the Nasrids. The Nasrid emirs were responsible for building the Alhambra palace complex as it is known today. By 1250, the Emirate was the last part of the Iberian peninsula held by the Muslims. Andalusian Arabic and the Berber language were the mother tongues of the majority of the Muslim population. For two more centuries, the region enjoyed considerable cultural and economic prosperity but also ongoing infightings over power. It was gradually conquered by the Crown of Castile and dissolved with the 1491 Treaty of Granada, ending the Granada War. In January 1492 Muhammad XII of Granada, the last Nasrid ruler of Granada, formally relinquished his sovereignty and surrendered his territories to Castile, eventually moving to Morocco in exile.