State · 1238 – 1492

Emirate of Granada

A state of 1238 – 1492 — 254 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It replaced Taïfa de Ceuta and followed Almohad Caliphate. It was followed by Kingdom of Granada. The atlas records 13 things within it — wars and battles 6 · treaties 1 · people 6. Its line of rulers holds 6 people, 5 with dated terms.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood: 254 years; 1238 – 1492
Rulers: 6; the emir of Granada
Most ground: 31,400 km²; in 1241
Within it: 13; recorded rows
Symbols: 3; on record, with years

Map: Emirate of Granada in 1241, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Emirate of Granada in 1241, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 31,400 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Emirate of Granada in 1241, at its largest — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Emirate of Granada in 1487, last mapped — The rise and the fall in one frame: the same ground at the years the borders dataset first maps it, maps it largest, and last maps it.

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

Almohad Caliphate · follows · 1121 – 1269
Taïfa de Ceuta · replaces

After it

Kingdom of Granada · followed by · 1492 – 1833

Rulers

The line of emir of Granada.

deposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on record

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source	To the ruler before
Abdallah ibn Buluggin	1073 – —	no end recorded	ending not on record
Muhammad I of Granada	1238 – 1273	35 years	died by accidentWikidata's manner of death
Muhammad II of Granada	1273 – 1302	29 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Muhammad III of Granada	1302 – 1309	7 years	deposed, the article saysread from the ruler's own article	child
Nasr of Granada	1309 – 1314	5 years	left office aliveread off the dates alone	sibling

6 rulers, 5 with terms dated as terms, covering 1073 – 1314. Median reign 18 years. 2 of 4 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

31,400 km² in 1248, 13,000 km² in 1488; at its largest 31,400 km² in 1248. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

coat of arms, undatedArms of the Emirate of Granada (1013-1492) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Heralder
flag, undatedRoyal Standard of Nasrid Dynasty Kingdom of Grenade · CC BY-SA 4.0 · SanchoPanzaXXI
coat of arms, undatedArmoiries Nasrides · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Odejea

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1200 – 12995 rows · 2 wars and battles

Muhammad III of Granada · ruler · 1257 – 1314
Muhammad II of Granada · ruler · 1236 – 1302
Nasr of Granada · ruler · 1287 – 1322
Mudéjar revolt of 1264–1266 · battle · 1264 – 1266
Siege of Algeciras · battle · 1278 – 1279

1300 – 13992 rows

Ibn Battuta · explorer · 1304 – 1378
Ibn al-Khatib · scientist · 1313 – 1374

1400 – 14995 rows · 4 wars and battles

Granada War · battle · 1482 – 1492
Treaty of Granada · treaty · 1491
Capture of Granada · battle · 1491 – 1492
Battle of La Higueruela · battle · 1431
Siege of Málaga · battle · 1487

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

How long it stood254 years
stood longer than 69% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held31,400 km²
held more ground at its peak than 28% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
How long a reign lasted, at the median29 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 81% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record6
has more rulers on record than 69% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

linked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 1213 – 1517, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 1241, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q238445 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.