The moors in Iberia - Medieval Paintings

[Gaditanian]

Castillian ambassadors attempting to convince Moorish Almohad king Abu Hafs Umar al-Murtada to join their alliance (contemporary depiction from the Cantigas de Santa María).



The Moors request permission from James I of Aragón.



Moorish and Christian Reconquista battle, taken from The Cantigas de Santa María.



Christian and Moor playing chess, from The Book of Games of Alfonso X, c. 1285



Mural located on the ceiling of the Hall of Kings of the Alhambra which possibly depicts the first ten sultans of the Nasrid dynasty.
It is a late-14th-century Gothic painting by a Christian Toledan artist.



Galley of moors who follow their route.
Miniature of the thirteenth century.
Location: Monastery library collection San Lorenzo del Escorial, Madrid.



Christians prisoners of war after a battle against the Moors.



Mohammed I ibn Nasr, the Nasrid Moorish ruler of the Emirate of Granada embracing his Castilian ally, taken from The Cantigas de Santa María.

[Jaromir]

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