Conquest·Later empires
Fall of Granada Ends Muslim Rule in Spain
- Date
- 2 January 1492 CE897 AH534 years ago
- Place
- Granada, Nasrid Emirate
- People
- Boabdil, Ferdinand II of Aragon, Isabella I of Castile
Boabdil, the last Nasrid ruler of Granada, surrendered the city to the Castilian and Aragonese monarchs on 2 January 1492. The surrender ended almost eight centuries of Muslim rule on the Iberian Peninsula. The terms allowed Muslims to keep their religion and property for a time, but these terms were not kept for long. The Alhambra passed to the Christian monarchs.
Why it matters
The end of the Nasrid emirate marked the close of Muslim political rule on the Iberian Peninsula.