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Also Known As Gharnāṭa
Date 1232 - 1492

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Ibn Baṭṭūṭah
Ibn Battuta
Muslim explorer and writer
Christopher Columbus
Isabella I
queen of Spain
Ferdinand and Isabella
Ferdinand II
king of Spain
Zīrid dynasty
North African and Spanish history
Muḥammad XII
Naṣrid ruler
Samuel ha-Nagid
Spanish-Jewish scholar and statesman
Naṣrid dynasty
Muslim dynasty