. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 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.