Treaty of Granada (1491)

Not to be confused with the Treaty of Granada (1500) partitioning Naples between Louis XII of France and Ferdinand II of Aragon. For more information on that treaty, see Italian War of 1499–1504.
Treaty of Granada
The Surrender of Granada by Francisco Pradilla Ortiz: Boabdil surrenders to Ferdinand and Isabella
ContextThe Reconquista and the Spanish annexation of the Emirate of Granada
SignedNovember 25, 1491 (1491-11-25)
Signatories
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The Treaty of Granada, also known as the Surrender of Granada or the Capitulations,[1] was signed and ratified on November 25, 1491,[2] between Boabdil, the sultan of Granada, and Ferdinand and Isabella, the King and Queen of Castile, León, Aragon and Sicily. It ended the Granada War, which had started in 1482 and culminated in the siege and battle of Granada, which began in spring 1491.

The treaty provided a short truce, followed by the relinquishment in January 1492 of the sovereignty of the Muslim Emirate of Granada (founded in the 13th century) to Catholic Spain.[3] The treaty guaranteed a set of rights to the Moors, Muslim inhabitants, including religious tolerance and fair treatment in return for their surrender and capitulation.[1] The Capitulations granted native Jews in the surrendered territories the choice of either converting to Christianity or migrating to North Africa within three years. That was subsequently superseded by the Alhambra Decree of 1492, which forced all Jews in Spain to choose between conversion or expulsion.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Harvey, L.P. (1990). Islamic Spain, 1250 to 1500. The University of Chicago Press. pp. 313–325. ISBN 9780226319629.
  2. ^ Prescott, William Hickling (1904). Munro, Wilford Harold (ed.). History of the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella, the Catholic. Vol. II. J. B. Lippincott Company. p. 242. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  3. ^ Early Modern Spain: A Documentary History, ed. Jon Cowans, (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003), 15.