The Alhambra being a brief record of the Arabian conquest of the Peninsula with a particular account of the Mohammedan architecture and decoration

And thus he speaks: “I pray, my lord, that none but I may go: For I made promise to the queen, your consort, long ago, That ere the war should have an end, I, for her royal char...

The Alhambra, occupying the plateau of the _Monte de la Assabica_, is situated at one extremity of the city of Granada, above which it rises like the Acropolis at Athens. The us...

as well as for the healthfulness of the air, which is continually refreshed by running streams of limpid water. This garden is only separated from the royal residence by a high...

It was about this time, towards the middle of the thirteenth century, and just after his return from the siege of Seville (1248), that Mohammed commenced the splendid Palace of...

“This book is certainly a store-house of Moorish ornament; of plates and illustrations there are literally hundreds, numbers of them printed in colours and gold, drawn out geome...

Never was the annihilation of a nation more complete. Where are they? The exiled remnant of a once powerful people became assimilated with the predatory hordes of Barbary and th...

“Andalus” is the name given by the Moors to that part of the Spanish Peninsula wherein they were all-powerful for eight centuries. Andalus comprehended the four kingdoms of Sevi...

The great interest your Majesty has evinced in the Moorish Monuments which adorn your Majesty’s loyal and noble country, and the gracious appreciation with which you were please...

“The colours of blue, red, and gold are still to be seen on the capital of the column of the centre window of the Hall, but no traces of gold, or any colour, have been discovered

At the upper end of the Hall of The Two Sisters, but separated from it by a corridor, is an alcove, once overlooking a beautiful garden, as we learn from a verse in the room. It...

G G G. The place where the water was heated. The copper vessels anciently employed for this purpose were sold many years ago by the then Governor of the Alhambra for the sum of...

[7] “Boabdil” is a corruption of Abu’ Abdillah, or Boabdila, as the Spaniards pronounced the name. He was, in addition to his sobriquet of “the Unlucky,” also called As-sagher,...