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Muhammad XII of Granada
Muhammad XII, known to the Spanish as Boabdil, was the last Nasrid emir of Granada. He rebelled against his father Abu al-Hasan, was captured by the Castilians at Lucena in 1483 and released as their vassal, and the family's divisions helped Isabella I and Ferdinand II conquer the emirate. He surrendered Granada on 2 January 1492 and died in exile in Morocco.
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