Figures
2.1 Granada, Bāb al-Difāf (Gate of the Tambourins, 11th c.) 40
2.2 Aerial view of Alhambra and the Generalife 42
2.3 Panel of glazed tiles from Alhambra, Palace of Comares (14th c.) 46
2.4 Panel of relief tiles from Alhambra, Gate of Justice (14th c.) 48
2.5 Figurative glazed tiles from Alhambra, Palacio of the Alixares and Dressing Room of the Queen. Alhambra Museum (14th c.) 50
2.6 Gazelles Vase. Pottery masterpiece of Islamic Granada. Alhambra Museum (14th c.) 55
2.7 Casserole. Nasrid domestic pottery (14th–15th cc.) 56
2.8 Nasrid pottery cooktop (14th–15th cc.) 58
2.9 Nasrid dish glazed and decorated with the coat of arms of the Nasrid dynasty, Alhambra Museum (14th c.) 59
2.10 “The dish of the ship.” Pottery decorated with blue and luster. Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin (14th c.) 59
2.11 Nasrid pitcher decorated with blue and luster. Valencia de don Juan Institute, Madrid (14th c.) 61
4.1 Foremost Zirid and Hammadid centers (10th and 11th centuries) (B. Sarr, 2011) 83
4.2 Madīnat Ilbīra and the location of Granada 88
4.3 Dirham (a), Dinars and Dinar Fractions (b) coined in the name of Bādīs, the former, and Tamīm, the latter two (Canto and Ibn Ḥāfiẓ, Moneda andalusí, nº 429, 430 and 431),
6.1 Dirham coined in times of Emir Muḥammad I (Archaeological Museum of Madrid, 13th c.) (B. Boloix) 128
6.2 Nasrid coat of arms and slogan on a tile, Alhambra (B. Boloix) 130
6.3 View of Arjona (Jaen) (A. García) 132
6.4 Copy of the keys of Islamic Seville that were delivered to Ferdinand III (Sephardic Museum, Toledo) (B. Boloix) 135
6.5 Funerary inscription from the grave of Abū l-Ḥasan b. Ashqīlūla (Archaeological Museum of Cordova, 13th c.) (B. Boloix) 137
6.6 View of the South Façade of the Courtyard of the Myrtles, Palace of Comares, possibly one of Nasrid women’s residences (14th c.) (B. Boloix) 144
6.7 Tiles at the Alhambra, floor of the Hall of Comares (B. Boloix) 147
6.8 View of the Generalife Palace (B. Boloix) 150
6.9 Detail of the original wooden dome of the Torre de las Damas of the Alhambra (Museum für Islamische Kunst, Pergamonmuseum, Berlin) (B. Boloix) 155
6.10 Wood carved scene representing the Christian conquest of Granada (Choir Stalls in Toledo Cathedral, 1489–95) (B. Boloix) 161
7.1 The Plataforma de Vico representing Granada (about 1600) 174
7.2 The façade of the Hospital Real of Granada 178
7.3 Representation of Granada by Hoefnagle (1563) 182
10.1 Baptism of Moriscas in the Albayzin quarter in 1500. F. Bigarny (c. 1521) (Royal Chapel of Granada) 240
10.2 Baptism of Moriscos in the Albayzin quarter in 1500. F. Bigarny (c. 1521) (Royal Chapel of Granada) 243
16.1 General view of the Alhambra and the Generalife from the Albayzin (A. Núñez) 366
16.2 Layout of the Alhambra and the Generalife palaces (J.M. Puerta Vilchez) 367
16.3 The Partal Palace, Alhambra (A. Núñez) 369
16.4 Detail of the mural paintings at the Partal, Alhambra (A. Núñez) 371
16.5 Layout of the Generalife palace (graphic recreation by A. Orihuela) 377
16.6 Patio de la Acequia at the Generalife (A. Núñez) 378
16.7 The Gate of Justice, Alhambra (A. Núñez) 383
16.8 Inside of the Tower of the Captive, Northern wall (A. Núñez) 384
16.9 Hot room of the Royal Baths, with an engraved poem by Ibn al-Jayyāb framing the niche and tiles of the 15th century (A. Núñez) 386
16.10 Hall of Comares (A. Núñez) 386
16.11 Wooden ceiling of the Hall of Comares (A. Núñez) 388
16.12 Poetic axes of the Palace of Comares and the Palace of Lions 389
16.13 Capitel of the Hall of the Mexuar with the Nasrid slogan and the shield in the necking (A. Núñez) 390
16.14 Oratory of the Mexuar (A. Núñez) 391
16.15 Right niche at the entrance of the Hall of the Baraka, with a poem by Ibn Zamrak engraved in marble (A. Núñez) 393
16.16 Courtyard of the Myrtles (A. Núñez) 394
16.17 Façade of Comares (A. Núñez) 397
16.18 Courtyard and Fountain of the Lions (A. Núñez) 399
16.19 Viewpoint of Lindaraja (A. Núñez) 400
16.20 Tiles of the entrance arch of the Viewpoint of Lindaraja, with a royal inscription of Muḥammad V inlaid in tiles (A. Núñez) 401
16.21 Cupola of the Hall of the Two Sisters (A. Núñez) 402
16.22 Eighth verse of the poem by Ibn Zamrak at the Hall of the Two Sisters, in roundel (A. Núñez) 403
16.23 Poem by Ibn Zamrak at the Hall of the Two Sisters, engraved in a rectangular ground (A. Núñez) 403
16.24 Painting on leather at the vault of the central room at the Hall of Monarchs (A. Núñez) 405
16.25 Hall of Monarchs (A. Núñez) 406
17.1 Granada, hypothetical plan of the city at the end of the 15th century (after A. Orihuela) 408
17.2 Granada, Casa de Zafra, hypothetical ground plan (after A. Orihuela) 411
17.3 Granada, Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo, interpretation plan of the archaeological remains (after A. Almagro and A. Orihuela) 413
17.4 Granada, Casa del Chapiz, hypothetical plan of the former almunia at the end of the 14th century (after A. Orihuela) 414
17.5 Granada, morisco house at no. 2 Yanguas Street (after A. Orihuela) 415
17.6 Granada, Casa del Chapiz, galleries of the Northern courtyard (A. Orihuela) 417
17.7 Granada, Main Mosque of Albayzin, hypothetical plan (after A. Orihuela) 422
17.8 Granada, former minaret of San José church (A. Orihuela) 423
17.9 Granada, Ermita de San Sebastián (A. Orihuela) 424
17.10 Granada, Bañuelo, hypothetical plan and section (after A. Orihuela/J.M. López Osorio, 2019) 426
17.11 Granada, Hernando de Zafra Bath, temperate room (c. 1900) (unknown author) 429
17.12 Granada, Albayzin Bath, ground plan c. 1930, APAG/Colección de Planos/P-000044 (after L. Torres-Balbás) 430
17.13 Granada, Corral del Carbón (A. Orihuela) 435
17.14 Granada, general plan of the Alcaicería (after Thomás López, 1787, España, Ministerio de Cultura, Archivo General de Simancas, MPD, 08, 009) 437
17.15 Granada, Māristān, hypothetical view of the courtyard (after A. Almagro and A. Orihuela; digital image M. González) 440
18.1 Bāb al-Difāf (Gate of the Tambourins) (I. Rėklaitytė) 444
18.2 Ṭāqa at the Casa del Chapiz (School of Arabic Studies, Granada) (I. Rėklaitytė) 452
18.3 The Nasrid water well curb (the Lázaro Galdiano Museum) (I. Rėklaitytė) 454
18.4 Bañuelo baths (I. Rėklaitytė) 459
19.1 Granada, Albayzin Neighborhood (R. López-Guzmán) 465
19.2 Hall of Caballeros Veinticuatro, Palace of the Madraza of Granada (R. López-Guzmán) 469
19.3 Tower of the Church of Saint Ana (R. López-Guzmán) 479
19.4 Ceiling of the main hall of the School of the Niñas Nobles, Granada (R. López-Guzmán) 483
Tables
4.1 Zirid kings, governing periods, and significant events (B. Sarr) 90
6.1 Reconstruction of the alleged Nasrid genealogy (B. Boloix) 126
8.1 Number of deaths (M. Fierro and M. L. Ávila) 193
8.2 Chronological distribution of the ʿulamāʾ of Granada. Chart by periods (M. Fierro and M. L. Ávila) 210