Career
The lasted until Muhammad XII of Granada—Boabdil surrendered to the "Catholic Monarchs" after the 1492 Reconquista of Granada. The Nasrids constructed the Alhambra palaces in Granada. Mohammed ibn Nasr was born in the Arjona region of the Andalusian province of Jaén in 1191.
He had at least three brothers, Yusuf and Faraj and Isma'il, the latter of whom became the governor of Málaga during Mohammed"s reign (until 1257).
He also enjoyed the support of a powerful Andalusian family who later became political rivals, the Ashqilula. Abu"l-Hasan "Ali ibn Ashqilula al-Tujibi assisted Mohammed"s rise to power in Arjona in 1232.
Mohammed forged this alliance through marriage, by becoming either the father in law or brother in law of the Ashqilula chieftain. The alliance continued with other marriages: Abu"l-Hasan "Ali"s daughter Fatima married Yusuf ibn Nasr, a brother of Mohammed, while Abu"l-Hasan "Ali"s son Abu Ishaq Ibrahim married the Nasrid princess Mu"mina, one of Mohammed"s daughters.