. 187
The Moors become their own Destroyers . . . . . . . . . . 187
Death of Mulei-Hassem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Boabdil and his Uncle divide the Relics of Grenada
between them . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Baseness of Zagal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Boabdil reigns alone at Grenada . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Ferdinand lays Siege to the City of Grenada . . . . . . . 189
Condition of the City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
The Spanish Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
Isabella repairs to the Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
She builds a City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Surrender of Grenada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
Departure of Boabdil from the City . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
The entrance of the Spanish Conquerors into the City . . . 195
Summary of the Causes of the Ruin of the Moors . . . . . . 196
Characteristics of the Moors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
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Anecdote illustrative of their Observance of the Laws
of Hospitality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Christian Persecution of the Moors . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Revolts of the Moors, and their Results . . . . . . . . . 199
Final Expulsion of the Moors from Spain . . . . . . . . . 201
Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

A Brief Account of the Rise and Decline of the
Mohammedan Empire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Chapter I . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Chapter II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
Chapter III . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

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INTRODUCTION.

The name of the Moors of Spain recalls recollections of gallantry and
refinement, and of the triumphs of arts and arms. But, though thus
celebrated, not much is generally known of the history of that
remarkable people.

The fragments of their annals, scattered among the writings of the
Spanish and Arabian authors, furnish little else than accounts of
murdered kings, national dissensions, civil wars, and unceasing
contests with their neighbours. Yet, mingled with these melancholy
recitals, individual instances of goodness, justice, and magnanimity
occasionally present themselves. These traits, too, strike us more
forcibly than those of a similar description