This beautifully illustrated volume is much more than the catalog of an exhibition of spains islamic art that was held at the alhambra and at the metropolitan museum of art in new york this summer. In 711 an army of arabs and berbers from north africa, united by their faith in islam, crossed the strait of gibraltar and arrived on the iberian peninsula. Cordoba had the largest population of any city in europe at that time. The decoration within the palace comes from the last great period of alandalus art in granada, with.
Dodds, madinat alzahra, antonio vallejo triano, renata holod, cynthia robinson, juan zozaya, manuel casamar perez, christian ewert, guillermo rossell bordoy, cristina partearroyo, sabiha khemir, dario cabanelas rodriguez, james dickie, jes s berm dez l pez, d. Alandalus was the name given by the muslims during the middle ages to the iberian. International journal of history and cultural studies ijhcs. Seven centuries of muslim presence in spain 7111492.
Alandalus, muslim kingdom that occupied much of the iberian peninsula from 711 ce. A distinctive ingredient which was to give our culture its distinctive flavour. Ishaq tijani and others published gender and poetry. The visigoth capital had been toledo in the center of the iberian peninsula, but the arabs established their capital further south at cordoba or qurtubah in alandalus, which has the warmest climate in europe. The arabic name alandalus was originally applied by the muslims moors to the entire iberian peninsula. Alandalus, the muslim political sovereignty in spain was. In succeeding centuries, alandalus became a province of the berber muslim. At the westernmost part of the land of alandalus, islam enjoyed its period of greatest cultural splendour. The arabic name alandalus likely refers to the vandals who occupied the. Dodds moorish architecture in andalusia by marianne barrucand alhambra. Alandalus, also called muslim spain, muslim kingdom that occupied much of the iberian peninsula from 711 ce until the collapse of the spanish umayyad dynasty in the early 11th century. Many anecdotes illustrate how sparring helped some andalusian women win the heart of. In less than a decade the muslims brought most of the peninsula under their domination.