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	{{Infobox Military Conflict
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	\|caption=''The Capitulation of Granada'', by ]: Muhammad XII surrenders before ]. Oil on canvas, 1882.
	\|partof=the ]
	\|date=January 2, 1492
	\|place=], ]
	\|result=Spanish-Christian victory
	\|combatant1=],<br>]
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	\|commander1=] (Isabella and Ferdinand)
	\|commander2=]{{POW}}
	\|strength1=100,000 men
	\|strength2=30,000 men
	\|casualties1=3,000 killed or wounded
	\|casualties2=1,000 killed or wounded
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	{{Campaignbox Reconquista}}
	The '''Battle of Granada''' was a ] of the city of ] fought over a period of months leading up to its surrender on January 2, 1492. The city was captured by the combined forces of ] and ] from the armies of the ] ] ]. Granada's forces were led by ] ] (Muhammed XII).

	Since the spring of 1491, Granada had been all that was left of the former ] state when the Spanish forces of King ] and Queen ] laid siege to the walled city. After several attempts to disperse the besiegers had been defeated, Boabdil attempted to raise support from the Islamic ] state in ]. He negotiated a four month truce with the Spanish whereby he would surrender if no help was received by the expiry of the truce. This failed to materialise and, on the agreed date the city capitulated.

	This relatively small campaign was of momentous consequences as Granada was the last outpost of ] in Spain and its fall brought to an end 780 years of Muslim control in the ]. It also marked the final act in the ], the campaign by the medieval Christian states of Spain to drive out the Moorish invaders.

	It is described in some detail in the fact-based novel, by ].

	Granada still celebrates the 2nd of January.

	==Bibliography==
	*''Mind Alive Encyclopedia of World History'', Marshall Cavendish, (London, 1974)
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