History of the Moors of Spain

By Florian

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Florian

History of the Moors of Spain

EAN 8596547233527

DigiCat, 2022

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FIRST EPOCH

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The Origin of the Moors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

The Arabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

The Birth of Mohammed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Religion of Mohammed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

The Progress of Islamism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Victories of the Mussulmans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

New Conquests of the Mohammedans . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

The Moors become Mussulmans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Condition of Spain under the Goths . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Conquest of Spain by the Moors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

The Viceroys of Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Insurrection of Prince Pelagius . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Abderamus attempts the Conquest of France . . . . . . . . 39

He penetrates as far as the Loire . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

The Battle of Tours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Civil Wars distract Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

SECOND EPOCH.

The Kings of Cordova become the Caliphs of the West . . . 45

The Asiatic Mussulmans divide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

The Dynasty of the Ommiades lose the Caliphate . . . . . . 48

Horrible Massacre of the Ommiades . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

An Ommiade Prince repairs to Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Abderamus, the first Caliph of the West . . . . . . . . . 53

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Reign of Abderamus I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Religion and Fêtes of the Moors of Spain . . . . . . . . . 55

Civil Wars arise among the Moors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

The Reigns of Hacchem I. and of Abdelazis . . . . . . . . 58

Reign of Abderamus II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Condition of the Fine Arts at Cordova . . . . . . . . . . 60

Anecdote of Abderamus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Reigns of Mohammed, Almouzir, and Abdalla . . . . . . . . 62

Reign of Abderamus III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Embassy from a Greek Emperor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Magnificence and Gallantry of the Moors . . . . . . . . . 64

Description of the City and Palace of Zahra . . . . . . . 65

Wealth of the Caliphs of Cordova . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

The Fine Arts cultivated at Cordova . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Reign of El Hacchem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Laws of the Moors, and their Mode of administering Justice 75

Authority possessed by Fathers and old Men . . . . . . . . 77

An Illustration of the Magnanimity of El Hakkam . . . . . 78

Reign of Hacchem III. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Successful Rule of Mohammed Almonzir as Hadjeb under

the imbecile Hacchem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Disorders at Cordova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

End of the Caliphate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

THIRD EPOCH.

The principal Kingdoms erected from the Ruins of the

Caliphate of the West . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Condition of Christian Spain at this Juncture . . . . . . 88

The Kingdom of Toledo; its Termination . . . . . . . . 87, 88

Success of the Christians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

The Cid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

The Kingdom of Seville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

The Dynasty of the Almoravides hold Supremacy in Africa . 92

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Conquests of the Almoravides in Spain . . . . . . . . . . 93

French Princes repair to Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Extinction of the Kingdom of Saragossa . . . . . . . . . . 95

Foundation of the Kingdom of Portugal . . . . . . . . . . 95

State of the Fine Arts among the Moors at this Period . . 97

Abenzoar and Averroes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Dissensions between the Moors and Christians . . . . . . . 98

The Africans, under Mohammed the Green, land in Spain . 100

Battle of Toloza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102-104

Tactics of the Moors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

The discomfited Mohammed returns to Africa . . . . . . . . 109

Extent of the Territories still retained by the Moors

in Spain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

St. Ferdinand and Jaques I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Valencia is attacked by the Aragonians . . . . . . . . . . 113

Siege of Cordova . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Surrender of Valencia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

FOURTH EPOCH.

The Kings of Grenada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

The Condition of the Moors; their Despondency . . . . . . 118

Mohammed Alhamar; his Character and Influence with his

Countrymen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

He founds the Kingdom of Grenada . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Description of the City of Grenada and its Vega . . . . 121

Extent and Resources of this Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Reign of Mohammed Alhamar I. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

The Moorish Sovereign becomes the Vassal of the King

of Castile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Ferdinand III. besieges Seville . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

The Taking of Seville . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Revenues of the Kings of Grenada . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Military Forces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Cavalry of the Moors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

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Disturbances in Castile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Reign of Mohammed II. El Fakik . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

He forms a League with the King of Morocco . . . . . . . . 134

Misfortunes of Alphonso of Castile . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Interview between Alphonso and the Sovereign of Morocco . 134

State of Learning and the Fine Arts under Mohammed al

Mumenim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Description of the Alhambra . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

The Court of Lions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

The Generalif . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Mohammed III. El Hama, or the Blind, ascends the Throne

of Grenada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Troubles in Grenada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Reign of Mohammed IV. Abenazar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Reign of Ismael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Reign of Mohammed V. and of Joseph I. . . . . . . . . . . 152

The Battle of Salado . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Successive Reigns of Mohammed VI. and Mohammed VII. . . . 154

Horrible Crime of Peter the Cruel of Castile . . . . . . . 150

Condition of Spain—of Europe in general . . . . . . 156, 157

Mohammed VI. reassumes the Crown . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Reign of Mohammed VIII. Abouhadjad . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Favourite Literary and Scientific Pursuits of the Moors

under the munificent Rule of Abouhadjad . . . . . . . . 160

Universal prevalence of a Taste for Fiction

among the Arabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Music and Gallantry of the Moors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

The mixture of Refinement and Ferocity in the Character

of the Moors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Description of the Women of Grenada . . . . . . . . . . . 169

The national Costume of both Sexes . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Moorish Customs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171

Folly of the Grand-master of Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . 172

The Result of his Expedition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Dreadful Death of Joseph II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Mohammed IX. usurps the Throne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Singular Escape of a condemned Prince . . . . . . . . . . 176

{xi}

Generous Disposition of Joseph III. . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Disturbed Condition of the Kingdom after his Death . . . . 177

A rapid Succession of Rulers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177, 178

Reign of Ismael II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

The Miseries of War most severely felt by the Cultivator

of the Soil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Mulei-Hassem succeeds Ismael II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179

Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

The respective Characters of these Sovereigns . . . . . . 181

They declare War against the Grenadians . . . . . . . . . 182

Statesmen and Soldiers of the Spanish Court . . . . . . . 182

Stern Reply of the Grenadian King . . . . . . . . . . . . 183

Alhama is Surprised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Civil War is kindled in Grenada by the Feuds of the

Royal Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184

Boabdil is proclaimed King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Cause of the ambitious hopes of Zagal . . . . . . . . . . 185

Boabdil is taken Prisoner by the Spaniards . . . . . . . . 186

The politic Spanish Rulers restore Boabdil to Liberty . . 187

The Moors become their own Destroyers . . . . . . . . . . 187

Death of Mulei-Hassem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187

Boabdil and his Uncle divide the Relics of Grenada

between them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Baseness of Zagal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Boabdil reigns alone at Grenada . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Ferdinand lays Siege to the City of Grenada . . . . . . . 189

Condition of the City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

The Spanish Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Isabella repairs to the Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

She builds a City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Surrender of Grenada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Departure of Boabdil from the City . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

The entrance of the Spanish Conquerors into the City . . . 195

Summary of the Causes of the Ruin of the Moors . . . . . . 196

Characteristics of the