The Abencerrages (from the Arabic for `Saddler`s Son`), were a family or faction that is said to have held a prominent position in the Moorish kingdom of Granada in the 15th century. The name appears to have been derived from Yussuf ben-Serragh, the head of the tribe in the time of Mohammed VII of Granada, al-Mustain, who did that sovereign goo......
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Noble family in the Moorish kingdom of Granada, the story of whose long struggle with the rival family of the Zegris has been the theme of many Spanish chroniclers and romance writers. According to...
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The Abencerrages were a Moorish tribe of Granada opposed to the Zegris. From 1480 to 1492 they constantly fought. They were exterminated by Boabdil.
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