Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada
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Chapter 1 OF THE KINGDOM OF GRANADA, AND THE TRIBUTE WHICH IT PAID TO THE CASTILIAN CROWN.
Chapter 2 OF THE EMBASSY OF DON JUAN DE VERA TO DEMAND ARREARS OF TRIBUTE FROM THE MOORISH MONARCH.
Chapter 3 DOMESTIC FEUDS IN THE ALHAMBRA-RIVAL SULTANAS-PREDICTIONS CONCERNING BOABDIL, THE HEIR TO THE THRONE-HOW FERDINAND MEDITATES WAR AGAINST GRANADA, AND HOW HE IS ANTICIPATED.
Chapter 4 EXPEDITION OF MULEY ABUL HASSAN AGAINST THE FORTRESS OF ZAHARA.
Chapter 5 EXPEDITION OF THE MARQUES OF CADIZ AGAINST ALHAMA.
Chapter 6 HOW THE PEOPLE OF GRANADA WERE AFFECTED ON HEARING OF THE CAPTURE OF ALHAMA, AND HOW THE MOORISH KING SALLIED FORTH TO REGAIN IT.
Chapter 7 HOW THE DUKE OF MEDINA SIDONIA AND THE CHIVALRY OF ANDALUSIA HASTENED TO THE RELIEF OF ALHAMA.
Chapter 8 SEQUEL OF THE EVENTS AT ALHAMA.
Chapter 9 EVENTS AT GRANADA, AND RISE OF THE MOORISH KING, BOABDIL EL CHICO.
Chapter 10 ROYAL EXPEDITION AGAINST LOXA.
Chapter 11 HOW MULEY ABUL HASSAN MADE A FORAY INTO THE LANDS OF MEDINA SIDONIA, AND HOW HE WAS RECEIVED.
Chapter 12 FORAY OF SPANISH CAVALIERS AMONG THE MOUNTAINS OF MALAGA.
Chapter 13 EFFECTS OF THE DISASTERS AMONG THE MOUNTAINS OF MALAGA.
Chapter 14 HOW KING BOABDIL EL CHICO MARCHED OVER THE BORDER.
Chapter 15 HOW THE COUNT DE CABRA SALLIED FORTH FROM HIS CASTLE IN QUEST OF KING BOABDIL.
Chapter 16 THE BATTLE OF LUCENA.
Chapter 17 LAMENTATIONS OF THE MOORS FOR THE BATTLE OF LUCENA.
Chapter 18 HOW MULEY ABUL HASSAN PROFITED BY THE MISFORTUNES OF HIS SON BOABDIL.
Chapter 19 CAPTIVITY OF BOABDIL EL CHICO.
Chapter 20 OF THE TREATMENT OF BOABDIL BY THE CASTILIAN SOVEREIGNS.
Chapter 21 RETURN OF BOABDIL FROM CAPTIVITY.
Chapter 22 FORAY OF THE MOORISH ALCAYDES, AND BATTLE OF LOPERA.
Chapter 23 RETREAT OF HAMET EL ZEGRI, ALCAYDE OF RONDA.
Chapter 24 OF THE RECEPTION AT COURT OF THE COUNT DE CABRA AND THE ALCAYDE DE LOS DONCELES.
Chapter 25 HOW THE MARQUES OF CADIZ CONCERTED TO SURPRISE ZAHARA, AND THE RESULT OF HIS ENTERPRISE.
Chapter 26 OF THE FORTRESS OF ALHAMA, AND HOW WISELY IT WAS GOVERNED BY THE COUNT DE TENDILLA.
Chapter 27 FORAY OF CHRISTIAN KNIGHTS INTO THE TERRITORY OF THE MOORS.
Chapter 28 ATTEMPT OF EL ZAGAL TO SURPRISE BOABDIL IN ALMERIA.
Chapter 29 HOW KING FERDINAND COMMENCED ANOTHER CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE MOORS, AND HOW HE LAID SIEGE TO COIN AND CARTAMA.
Chapter 30 SIEGE OF RONDA.
Chapter 31 HOW THE PEOPLE OF GRANADA INVITED EL ZAGAL TO THE THRONE, AND HOW HE MARCHED TO THE CAPITAL.
Chapter 32 HOW THE COUNT DE CABRA ATTEMPTED TO CAPTURE ANOTHER KING, AND HOW HE FARED IN HIS ATTEMPT.
Chapter 33 EXPEDITION AGAINST THE CASTLES OF CAMBIL AND ALBAHAR.
Chapter 34 ENTERPRISE OF THE KNIGHTS OF CALATRAVA AGAINST ZALEA.
Chapter 35 DEATH OF MULEY ABUL HASSAN.
Chapter 36 OF THE CHRISTIAN ARMY WHICH ASSEMBLED AT THE CITY OF CORDOVA.
Chapter 37 HOW FRESH COMMOTIONS BROKE OUT IN GRANADA, AND HOW THE PEOPLE UNDERTOOK TO ALLAY THEM.
Chapter 38 HOW KING FERDINAND HELD A COUNCIL OF WAR AT THE ROCK OF THE LOVERS.
Chapter 39 HOW THE ROYAL ARMY APPEARED BEFORE THE CITY OF LOXA, AND HOW IT WAS RECEIVED; AND OF THE DOUGHTY ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ENGLISH EARL.
Chapter 40 CONCLUSION OF THE SIEGE OF LOXA.
Chapter 41 CAPTURE OF ILLORA.
Chapter 42 OF THE ARRIVAL OF QUEEN ISABELLA AT THE CAMP BEFORE MOCLIN, AND OF THE PLEASANT SAYINGS OF THE ENGLISH EARL.
Chapter 43 HOW KING FERDINAND ATTACKED MOCLIN, AND OF THE STRANGE EVENTS THAT ATTENDED ITS CAPTURE.
Chapter 44 HOW KING FERDINAND FORAGED THE VEGA; AND OF THE BATTLE OF THE BRIDGE OF PINOS, AND THE FATE OF THE TWO MOORISH BROTHERS.
Chapter 45 ATTEMPT OF EL ZAGAL UPON THE LIFE OF BOABDIL, AND HOW THE LATTER WAS ROUSED TO ACTION.
Chapter 46 HOW BOABDIL RETURNED SECRETLY TO GRANADA, AND HOW HE WAS RECEIVED.-SECOND EMBASSY OF DON JUAN DE VERA, AND HIS PERILS IN THE ALHAMBRA.
Chapter 47 HOW KING FERDINAND LAID SIEGE TO VELEZ MALAGA.
Chapter 48 HOW KING FERDINAND AND HIS ARMY WERE EXPOSED TO IMMINENT PERIL BEFORE VELEZ MALAGA.
Chapter 49 RESULT OF THE STRATAGEM OF EL ZAGAL TO SURPRISE KING FERDINAND.
Chapter 50 HOW THE PEOPLE OF GRANADA REWARDED THE VALOR OF EL ZAGAL.
Chapter 51 SURRENDER OF VELEZ MALAGA AND OTHER PLACES.
Chapter 52 OF THE CITY OF MALAGA AND ITS INHABITANTS.-MISSION OF HERNANDO DEL PULGAR.
Chapter 53 ADVANCE OF KING FERDINAND AGAINST MALAGA.
Chapter 54 SIEGE OF MALAGA.
Chapter 55 SIEGE OF MALAGA CONTINUED.-OBSTINACY OF HAMET EL ZEGRI.
Chapter 56 ATTACK OF THE MARQUES OF CADIZ UPON GIBRALFARO.
Chapter 57 SIEGE OF MALAGIA CONTINUED.-STRATAGEMS OF VARIOUS KINDS.
Chapter 58 SUFFERINGS OF THE PEOPLE OF MALAGA.
Chapter 59 HOW A MOORISH SANTON UNDERTOOK TO DELIVER THE CITY OF MALAGA FROM THE POWER OF ITS ENEMIES.
Chapter 60 HOW HAMET EL ZEGRI WAS HARDENED IN HIS OBSTINACY BY THE ARTS OF A MOORISH ASTROLOGER.
Chapter 61 SIEGE OF MALAGA CONTINUED.-DESTRUCTION OF A TOWER BY FRANCISCO RAMIREZ DE MADRID.
Chapter 62 HOW THE PEOPLE OF MALAGA EXPOSTULATED WITH HAMET EL ZEGRI.
Chapter 63 HOW HAMET EL ZEGRI SALLIED FORTH WITH THE SACRED BANNER TO ATTACK THE CHRISTIAN CAMP.
Chapter 64 HOW THE CITY OF MALAGA CAPITULATED.
Chapter 65 FULFILMENT OF THE PROPHECY OF THE DERVISE.-FATE OF HAMET EL ZEGRI.
Chapter 66 HOW THE CASTILIAN SOVEREIGNS TOOK POSSESSION OF THE CITY OF MALAGA, AND HOW KING FERDINAND SIGNALIZED HIMSELF BY HIS SKILL IN BARGAINING WITH THE INHABITANTS FOR THEIR RANSOM.
Chapter 67 HOW KING FERDINAND PREPARED TO CARRY THE WAR INTO A DIFFERENT PART OF THE TERRITORIES OF THE MOORS.
Chapter 68 HOW KING FERDINAND INVADED THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE KINGDOM OF GRANADA, AND HOW HE WAS RECEIVED BY EL ZAGAL.
Chapter 69 HOW THE MOORS MADE VARIOUS ENTERPRISES AGAINST THE CHRISTIANS.
Chapter 70 HOW KING FERDINAND PREPARED TO BESIEGE THE CITY OF BAZA, AND HOW THE CITY PREPARED FOR DEFENCE.
Chapter 71 THE BATTLE OF THE GARDENS BEFORE BAZA.
Chapter 72 SIEGE OF BAZA.-EMBARRASSMENTS OF THE ARMY.
Chapter 73 SIEGE OF BAZA CONTINUED.-HOW KING FERDINAND COMPLETELY INVESTED THE CITY.
Chapter 74 EXPLOIT OF HERNANDO PEREZ DEL PULGAR AND OTHER CAVALIERS.
Chapter 75 CONTINUATION OF THE SIEGE OF BAZA.
Chapter 76 HOW TWO FRIARS FROM THE HOLY LAND ARRIVED AT THE CAMP.
Chapter 77 HOW QUEEN ISABELLA DEVISED MEANS TO SUPPLY THE ARMY WITH PROVISIONS.
Chapter 78 OF THE DISASTERS WHICH BEFELL THE CAMP.
Chapter 79 ENCOUNTERS BETWEEN THE CHRISTIANS AND MOORS BEFORE BAZA, AND THE DEVOTION OF THE INHABITANTS TO THE DEFENCE OF THEIR CITY.
Chapter 80 HOW QUEEN ISABELLA ARRIVED AT THE CAMP, AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF HER ARRIVAL.
Chapter 81 THE SURRENDER OF BAZA.
Chapter 82 SUBMISSION OF EL ZAGAL TO THE CASTILIAN SOVEREIGNS.
Chapter 83 EVENTS AT GRANADA SUBSEQUENT TO THE SUBMISSION OF EL ZAGAL.
Chapter 84 HOW FERDINAND TURNED HIS HOSTILITIES AGAINST THE CITY OF GRANADA.
Chapter 85 THE FATE OF THE CASTLE OF ROMA.
Chapter 86 HOW BOABDIL EL CHICO TOOK THE FIELD, AND HIS EXPEDITION AGAINST ALHENDIN.
Chapter 87 EXPLOIT OF THE COUNT DE TENDILLA.
Chapter 88 EXPEDITION OF BOABDIL EL CHICO AGAINST SALOBRENA.-EXPLOIT OF HERNAN PEREZ DEL PULGAR.
Chapter 89 HOW KING FERDINAND TREATED THE PEOPLE OF GUADIX, AND HOW EL ZAGAL FINISHED HIS REGAL CAREER.
Chapter 90 PREPARATIONS OF GRANADA FOR A DESPERATE DEFENCE.
Chapter 91 HOW KING FERDINAND CONDUCTED THE SIEGE CAUTIOUSLY, AND HOW QUEEN ISABELLA ARRIVED AT THE CAMP.
Chapter 92 OF THE INSOLENT DEFIANCE OF TARFE THE MOOR, AND THE DARING EXPLOIT OF HERNAN PEREZ DEL PULGAR.
Chapter 93 HOW QUEEN ISABELLA TOOK A VIEW OF THE CITY OF GRANADA, AND HOW HER CURIOSITY COST THE LIVES OF MANY CHRISTIANS AND MOORS.
Chapter 94 THE LAST RAVAGE BEFORE GRANADA.
Chapter 95 CONFLAGRATION OF THE CHRISTIAN CAMP.-BUILDING OF SANTA FE.
Chapter 96 FAMINE AND DISCORD IN THE CITY.
Chapter 97 CAPITULATION OF GRANADA.
Chapter 98 COMMOTIONS IN GRANADA.
Chapter 99 SURRENDER OF GRANADA.
Chapter 100 HOW THE CASTILIAN SOVEREIGNS TOOK POSSESSION OF GRANADA.
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Chapter 66 HOW THE CASTILIAN SOVEREIGNS TOOK POSSESSION OF THE CITY OF MALAGA, AND HOW KING FERDINAND SIGNALIZED HIMSELF BY HIS SKILL IN BARGAINING WITH THE INHABITANTS FOR THEIR RANSOM.

One of the first cares of the conquerors on entering Malaga was to search for Christian captives. Nearly sixteen hundred men and women were found, and among them were persons of distinction. Some of them had been ten, fifteen, and twenty years in captivity. Many had been servants to the Moors or laborers on public works, and some had passed their t

             
            

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