Gharnāṭa

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Gharnāṭa is the historical Arabic name for the city of Granada in southern Spain, renowned as the last Muslim stronghold in the Iberian Peninsula and home to the Alhambra palace.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Arabic exonym
historical city name
toponym
alternateTransliteration Garnata
Gharnata
associatedWithDynasty Nasrid dynasty
associatedWithPolity Taifa of Granada
surface form: Emirate of Granada
conquestYear 1492
correspondsToModernCity Granada
culturalHeritage UNESCO World Heritage context via Alhambra and Generalife
etymologicallyRelatedTo Granada
surface form: Granada (Spanish name)
famousFor Alhambra
surface form: Alhambra palace complex

Andalusian culture
Islamic architecture
fellTo Catholic Monarchs
surface form: Catholic Monarchs of Castile and Aragon
historicalRegion Kingdom of Granada
historicalSignificance symbol of the end of Muslim rule in Iberia
languageOfName Arabic
locatedIn Iberian Peninsula
Andalusia
surface form: al-Andalus

southern Spain
modernCountry Spain
modernRegion Andalusia
nameOf Granada
relatedConcept Reconquista
Andalusia
surface form: al-Andalus
relatedMonument Alhambra
Generalife
religiousHistory center of Islam in late medieval Iberia
role capital of the Nasrid Emirate of Granada
last major Muslim stronghold in Iberian Peninsula
scriptUsed Arabic script
timePeriodOfProminence 13th century
14th century
15th century
late Middle Ages
usedBy Muslim inhabitants of al-Andalus
usedIn Arabic historical sources
Islamic historiography

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Granada formerName Gharnāṭa