Alhambra - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Alhambra - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Ruggles, D. Fairchild

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1060428
Doc. NO	:	ALei825
Main Entry	:	Ruggles, D. Fairchild
Title & Author	:	Alhambra - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Ruggles, D. Fairchild
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(3,185 words)
Abstract	:	Illustration 1. Plan of the Alhambra. Courtesy of the author. The Alhambra is a walled complex of palaces built on the fortified Sabīka hilltop overlooking the city of Granada, which was the seat of power of the Naṣrids (r. 629–897/1232–1492), the last Muslim dynasty in al-Andalus. The site had been settled and a fortress built by the Umayyads and, more significantly, the Zīrids (r. in al-Andalus 403–83/1013–90). The Alhambra (al-Ḥamrāʾ, “the red,” a reference to the reddish colour of its walls)
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei825.pdf