Yusuf I.

Yusuf I (full name: al-Mu'ayyad bi-Llāh Abū l-Ḥaǧǧāǧ Yūsuf , * 1318 - October 19, 1354 ) was Emir of Granada from 1333 to 1354.

Under Yusuf I, the brother and successor of Muhammad IV (1325-1333), the Nasrid Empire reached its economic and cultural climax. An alliance with the Merinids of Morocco and the good relations with Aragon and Genoa promoted trade and asserted independence from Castile . After the Castilian Gibraltar had been conquered with Genoese naval support under his predecessor Muhammad IV , the Merinids again stationed troops in Al-Andalus .

However, this again led to increased interference by the Moroccan sultans in Granada . Only after the severe defeat of the Merinids and Nasrids on the Río Salado against Castile (1340) could these interventions be stopped. This freed the Nasrids from Moroccan influence, but in the period that followed they faced the threat from Castile alone. Effective help from the Muslim Maghreb regions could not be expected in the future. Even if the Nasrids were defeated on the Rio Salado in addition to the Merinids, Yusuf I succeeded in concluding an armistice for 10 years after the loss of Algeciras (1343).

Despite the war it came under Yusuf I. for economic and cultural development of the emirate , which u. a. in the extensive construction work on the Alhambra (construction of the Puerta de la Justica in 1348) and the construction of the great mosque in Granada. Yusuf I was murdered by one of his bodyguards in October 1354. His son Muhammad V (1354-1391) took over the rule in the emirate of Granada .

literature

• Arnold Hottinger : The Moors. Arabic culture in Spain . Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-7705-3075-6 .

predecessor	Office	successor
Muhammad IV	Emir of Granada 1333-1354	Muhammad V.