Muhammed VIII, Sultan of Granada

Muhammed VIII (1411–1431), common alternative spelling Muhammad, known as "the left handed", was the fourteenth Nasrid Nasrid ruler of the Moorish Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula.

He, as eldest son, became Sultan after the death of his father Yusuf III.[1] His first reign lasted from 1417 to 1419, and his second from 1427 to 1429.[2]. Immediately after coming to the throne, Muhammed renewed the treaties between Granada, Castile and Morocco.[3].

His reign was mired with civil war, being twice deposed by Muhammed IX, and saw the start of the decline of Granada.

References

  1. ^ E.J. Brill's first encyclopaedia of Islam, 1913-1936, Volume 1, M. Th. Houtsama, Leiden 1988, p. 880
  2. ^ The new Islamic dynasties: a chronological and genealogical manual, Clifford Edmund Bosworth, New York 2004, p. 22
  3. ^ History of Islam (Vol 3), Akbar Shah Najeebabadi, p. 205
Muhammed VIII, Sultan of Granada
Cadet branch of the Banu Khazraj
Born: 1411 Died: 1431
Regnal titles
Preceded by
Yusuf III		 Sultan of Granada
1417–1419		 Succeeded by
Muhammed IX
Preceded by
Muhammed IX		 Sultan of Granada
1427–1429		 Succeeded by
Muhammed IX