Yusuf III ( ar, يوسف الثالث) (1376–1417) was the thirteenth
Nasrid ruler of the
Moorish Emirate of Granada
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, capital = Granada
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in
Al-Andalus
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on the
Iberian Peninsula
The Iberian Peninsula (),
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* Aragonese and Occitan: ''Peninsula Iberica''
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* french: Péninsule Ibérique
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from 1408 to 1417. He inherited the throne from his brother,
Muhammad VII, and was a noted builder and poet.
Life
Yusuf had constructed the northernmost of the
Nasrid dynasty
The Nasrid dynasty ( ar, بنو نصر ''banū Naṣr'' or ''banū al-Aḥmar''; Spanish: ''Nazarí'') was the last Muslim dynasty in the Iberian Peninsula, ruling the Emirate of Granada from 1230 until 1492. Its members claimed to be of Arab ...
palaces on the hill of the
Alhambra. His
palace was allowed to fall into ruin after the
Christian takeover, leaving only a lovely arcade and tower. Terraced gardens were reconstructed in the 20th century.
The following is a section of one of Yusuf's poems from ''Hispano-Arabic Poetry: A Student Anthology'', published by
James Monroe
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. It is typical of the romantic, yearning poetry of
al-Andalus
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, which inspired the later romantic poetry of European
chivalry. However, later Christian poems were strictly limited to male-female yearning, unlike this example.
References
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Sultans of Granada
15th-century monarchs in Europe
Poets of Al-Andalus
1376 births
1417 deaths
14th century in Al-Andalus
15th century in Al-Andalus
14th-century Arabs
15th-century Arabs