CHAPTER XX

PROSECUTION OF THE RECONQUEST

Condition of Moorish Spain after the Death of Ferdinand III.--Invasion of Ibn-Yusuf--Vast Wealth and Power of the Spanish Clergy--Public Disorder--Energy of Mohammed I.--His Achievements--Mohammed II.--Peace with Castile--Character of Alfonso X.--Siege of Tarifa--Mohammed III.--Al-Nazer--Ismail--Baza taken--Mohammed IV.--The Empire of Fez--Defeat of the Africans in the Plain of Pagana--Yusuf--Rout of the Salado--Alfonso XI. captures Algeziras--Splendid Public Works of the Kings of Granada--Mohammed V.--Ismail II.--Abu-Said--He repairs to the Court of Pedro el Cruel, and is murdered--Yusuf II.--Mohammed VI.--Yusuf III.--Mohammed VII.--Mohammed VIII.--Ibn-Ismail--Gibraltar taken by the Castilians--Character of Muley Hassan--Critical Condition of the Spanish Arabs--Impending Destruction of the Kingdom of Granada 418