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From the "Book of Chess" by Alfonso the Wise. While her maid plays the lute, a moorish lady plays chess with a christian lady
From the "Book of Chess" by Alfonso the Wise. An arab knight and his guest, a christian knight,are playing chess, Both their lances are standing peaceably side by side outside the tent
The Giralda, once a minaret of the Great Almohad Mosque, built about 1190 by Ahmad Al-Baso. The balconies in front of the windows and the crown of the bell tower date from the Renaissance
Le Puy Cathedral, moorish style wrought iron grille
Al-Hambra, an ornament
The Puerta del Pardon of the cathedral and the Giralda. The moorish arches over the gate and details of the former court walls of the great mosque are still discernable.Except for the belfry, the Giralda corresponds to the original almohad minaret. Old engraving
A murabba' (silver) coin. The square shape is characteristic of Almohad coins, serving as an indication that with the appearance of the "Mahdi", Ibn Tumert, the succession of dif- ferent historical periods had come.to an end, and a new, lasting world order had begun
Map showing almoravid rule in Spain at the death of Alfonso VI
A dinar (gold coin) of the almoravid period, minted in Algeciras between 1113-1114
Map showing the principalities after the fall of the caliphate, approximately in 1060
Navarre, ivory casket
Front and rear view of ivory carving on a moorish casket made about 1050. It is now in the Museo Arqueologico National in Madrid
Main portal and façade of the Alcazar built in the 14th. century by craftsmen from Granada for the christian rulers of Seville
Detail of the wall decoration in the so-called Aljaferia, 11th century
Front and rear view of the jewel casket once belonging to Queen Blanca of Navarre made about 1005. It is now in the cathedral of Pamplona
Ivory box from Cordoba dated 968 and inscribed with the name of Al-Moughira
Silver casket made about 975 for Hisham II. It is now in the treasury of Gerona cathedral
Coca Castle dating from the l5th century. The projecting military towers are an arabic invention
The so-called "Sword of Boabdil" (Abu-Abd-Allah), the last moorish king of Granada. 14th or 15th century
Genealogical chart showing the descendants of Juji, Khans of the Golden Horde