The
Nasrid dynasty (
بنو نصر banū Naṣr) was the last
Arab Muslim dynasty in
Spain. The Nasrid dynasty rose to power after the defeat of the
Almohad Caliphate in 1212 at the
Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa. Twenty-three different
emirs ruled
Granada from the founding of the dynasty in 1232 by
Mohammed I ibn Nasr until January 2, 1492, when
Muhammad XII surrendered to the Christian Spanish kingdoms of
Aragon and
Castile. Today, the most visible evidence of the Nasrids is the
Alhambra palace complex built under their rule.