Muhammed XIII, Sultan of Granada

Muhammad XIII of Granada
Emir of Granada
Reign	1485–1486
Predecessor	Abu l-Hasan Ali, Sultan of Granada
Successor	Muhammad XII of Granada
Full name
Abū `Abd Allāh Muhammad az-Zaghall -أ
House	Nasrid dynasty
Father	Abu Nars Saad «Ciriza» - Sultan of Granada
Born	1444? Alhambra, Granada
Died	1494? Tlemcen?
Religion	Islam

Abū `Abd Allāh Muhammad az-Zaghall (the Valiant) (1444? – 1494?) was the twenty-third Nasrid ruler of Granada in Iberia. Christians called him Muhammed XIII el Zagal.

Life

The best strategist of his time,^{[citation needed]} he fought in the Granada War next to his brother Abu l-Hasan Ali also known as "Muley Hacen". After passing the throne to his nephew Muhammed XII, "el Zagal" ruled over a fractured remnant of the kingdom in its last days.

When Muhammad XII aka Boabdil, the nephew of "el Zagal", surrendered the Alhambra Palace to the Christian rulers, "el Zagal" left for Africa to gather an army. There he was imprisoned by the ruler of the Kingdom of Fez, Boabdil's friend, who was ordered to blind him.

He presumably died in 1494 in Tlemcen.

Muhammed XIII, Sultan of Granada Nasrid dynasty Cadet branch of the Banu Khazraj Born: 1444? Died: 1494?
Regnal titles
Preceded by Abu l-Hasan Ali (Muley Hacén)	Emir of Granada 1485–1486	Succeeded by Muhammed XII (Boabdil)

References

• Harvey, Leonard Patrick (1992), Islamic Spain 1250 to 1500, University of Chicago Press
• Irving, Washington (1832), Tales of the Alhambra, Ed. Phebus Collection, 1998 (online edition)

External links

• Nasrid dynasty, Granada (1237-1492)
• Nasrid dynasty of Granada (Arabic) بنو نصر/النصريون/بنو الأحمر في غرناطة