Maryam bint Ibrahim al-’Attar () (1467 – 1493) also known as Morayma (, ) was the last sultana of

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as the spouse of

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.« Balance historiográfico del emirato nazarí de Granada (siglos XIII-XV) desde los estudios sobre al-Andalus : instituciones, sociedad y economía », Estratto da Reti Medievali Rivista, Florence, Firenze University Press, vol. IX, 2008 (ISSN 1593-2214, lire en ligne She has been used as an inspiration by many authors and often portrayed within fiction.

Biography

She was the daughter of Ali Athar, M. de Xagra, Granada's governor in Loja and a court functionary. Morayma is described as beautiful and religious. Her wedding took place in 1482. Shortly thereafter, she and her husband were imprisoned by her father-in-law. They were liberated by the

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in 1483, but their children were kept as

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s. She did not see her children until after the fall of Granada in 1492. Morayma followed her spouse in

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to Andarax Laujar but died shortly before they could leave for Fes in 1493.

Issue

* Aixa, later known as Sister Isabel de Granada. * Ahmed * Yusef

References

Nasrid dynasty 15th-century people from al-Andalus People of the Reconquista 1467 births 1493 deaths Women from the Emirate of Granada 15th-century Arab people Spouses of sultans {{Al-Andalus-royal-stub