Nasr of Granada, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nasr of Granada

Fourth Sultan of Granada

Date of Birth: 02-Nov-1287

Place of Birth: Granada, Andalusia, Spain

Date of Death: 16-Nov-1322

Profession: politician

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Nasr (reigned 14 March 1309 — 8 February 1314), full name Abu al-Juyush Nasr ibn Muhammad (Arabic: ??? ?????? ??? ?? ?????), was a son of Muhammed II al-Faqih and the fourth Nasrid ruler of the Moorish Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula.
On March 14, 1309, he ascended the throne after his brother Muhammed III was dethroned in a palace revolution.
At his accession, Granada was in a very dangerous three-front war against Castile, Aragon and the Marinid Sultanate, due to his predecessor's disastrous foreign policy.
In the first year of his rule he made peace with Granada's three enemies.
He lost Ceuta as well as yielded Algeciras and Ronda to the Marinids in exchange for peace in September 1309.
Granada lost Gibraltar to a Castilian siege in September, but successfully defended Algeciras until peace was agreed in January 1310. In exchange for peace, Nasr agreed to pay tributes to Ferdinand IV of Castile and yield some border towns.
Granada defeated the Aragonese siege of Almeria (August–December 1310) and James II of Aragon sued for peace and left Granadan territories.
Despite achieving peace with relatively minimum losses, Nasr was unpopular at court due to his excessive activities in science and astronomy, as well as his perceived pro-Christian tendency.
A rebellion started by his brother-in-law Abu Said Faraj in 1311 ended in his abdication on February 8, 1314, and the accession of Ismail I, Abu Said's son who was also Nasr's nephew and second cousin.