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Muhammad II of Granada

Type Figure Region Al-Andalus Time c. 1235–1302 Also known as Muhammad II of Granada、Muhammad II al-Faqih、Abu Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Muhammad、穆罕默德二世·法基赫

Muhammad II (c. 1235–1302), called al-Faqih (the Jurist), was the second Nasrid emir of Granada, reigning from 1273 until his death in 1302.

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  1. 1250–1273Granada · Al-AndalusDuring his father Muhammad I's reign he took part in military and diplomatic affairs, served as vizier, and succeeded smoothly in 1273 after his father died falling from a horse, at about thirty-eight years of age with rich governing experience.
  2. 1273–1280Granada · Al-AndalusOn succeeding he first dealt with the Ben Ashqilulla rebellion and Castilian pressure; in 1275, after relations with Alfonso X broke down, he brought in Marinid sultan Abu Yusuf's reinforcements, ceding ports such as Algeciras and Tarifa to the Marinids as military bases.
  3. 1281–1302Granada · Al-AndalusThereafter he repeatedly allied and fell out with Castile, Aragon and the Marinids; in the 1290s he seized frontier towns amid Castilian civil strife, renewed a treaty with Aragon in 1301 to fight Castile jointly, and died in 1302, succeeded by his son Muhammad III.

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