. . . 154
Horrible Crime of Peter the Cruel of Castile . . . . . . . 150
Condition of Spain--of Europe in general . . . . . . 156, 157
Mohammed VI. reassumes the Crown . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Reign of Mohammed VIII. Abouhadjad . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Favourite Literary and Scientific Pursuits of the Moors
under the munificent Rule of Abouhadjad . . . . . . . . 160
Universal prevalence of a Taste for Fiction
among the Arabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Music and Gallantry of the Moors . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
The mixture of Refinement and Ferocity in the Character
of the Moors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
Description of the Women of Grenada . . . . . . . . . . . 169
The national Costume of both Sexes . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Moorish Customs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Folly of the Grand-master of Alcantara . . . . . . . . . . 172
The Result of his Expedition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Dreadful Death of Joseph II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Mohammed IX. usurps the Throne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Singular Escape of a condemned Prince . . . . . . . . . . 176
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Generous Disposition of Joseph III. . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Disturbed Condition of the Kingdom after his Death . . . . 177
A rapid Succession of Rulers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177, 178
Reign of Ismael II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
The Miseries of War most severely felt by the Cultivator
of the Soil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Mulei-Hassem succeeds Ismael II. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
The respective Characters of these Sovereigns . . . . . . 181
They declare War against the Grenadians . . . . . . . . . 182
Statesmen and Soldiers of the Spanish Court . . . . . . . 182
Stern Reply of the Grenadian King . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
Alhama is Surprised . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Civil War is kindled in Grenada by the Feuds of the
Royal Family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
Boabdil is proclaimed King . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185
Cause of the ambitious hopes of Zagal . . . . . . . . . . 185
Boabdil is taken Prisoner by the Spaniards . . . . . . . . 186
The politic Spanish Rulers restore Boabdil to Liberty .