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Title: History of the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic
Year: 1845 (1840s)
Authors: Prescott, William Hickling, 1796-1859 Andrews, Joseph, 1806-1873 Freebairn, Alfred Robert, 1794-1846 Greatbatch, William Morse, Hazen Storm, G. F Tuttle, Joseph W
Subjects: Ferdinand V, King of Spain, 1452-1516 Isabella I, Queen of Spain, 1451-1504
Publisher: New York : Harper & Brothers
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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is Expeditionagainst Alhama. — Valor of the Citizens. — Desperate Struggle. —Fall of Alhama. — Consternation of the Moors. — Vigorous Measuresof the Queen. part No sooner had Ferdinand and Isabella restored —. internal tranquillity to their dominions, and made the strength effective, which had been acquired bytheir union under one government, than they turnedtheir eyes to those fair regions of the Peninsula,over which the Moslem crescent had reigned tri-umphant for nearly eight centuries. Fortunatelyan act of aggression on the part of the Moors fur-nished a pretext for entering on their plan of con-quest, at the moment when it was ripe for exe-cution. Aben Ismail, who had ruled in Granadaduring the latter part of John the Seconds reign,and the commencement of Henry the Fourths, hadbeen partly indebted for his throne to the formermonarch ; and sentiments of gratitude, combinedwith a naturally amiable disposition, had led himto foster as amicable relations with the Christian
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SURPRISE OF ALHAMA. 317 princes, as the jealousy of two nations, that might chapter be considered the natural enemies of each other, . ■— would permit; so that, notwithstanding an occa-sional border foray, or the capture of a frontierfortress, such a correspondence was maintained be-tween the two kingdoms, that the nobles of Castilefrequently resorted to the court of Granada, where,forgetting their ancient feuds, they mingled withthe Moorish cavaliers in the generous pastimes ofchivalry. Muley Abul Hacen, who succeeded his father in1466, was of a very different temperament. Hisfiery character prompted him, when very young, toviolate the truce by an unprovoked inroad into An-dalusia ; and, although after his accession domestictroubles occupied him too closely to allow leisurefor foreign war, he still cherished in secret the samefeelings of animosity against the Christians. When,in 1476, the Spanish sovereigns required as the con-dition of a renewal of the truce, which he solicited,

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