Granada elites in the 15th century

Th e work deals with the inner history of the Nasrid emirate in the fi fteenth century, emphasizing the behaviour of the elite families and their relationship to the ruling power. According to the analysis of the contemporary sources the author determined the genealogy of the most prominent families. He subsequently concentrates on their mutual relationship, their action during the coup, and their ruling power in the course of the fi fteenth century. What emerge here as dominant elements are Muhammad IX.'s elites. As they participated in every single coup, they gained substantial power and to a large degree contributed to the decline of the emirate. Th e author pays attention to the growing power of the Granadan families' high representatives to the exclusion of the king's power, which resulted into the disintegration of the emirate. It's the attendant phenomenon on the events of the fi fteenth century. Th e work also deals with the fi nal confl ict among the elite families in the Granadan War, which was the culmination of the dynastic argument and entailed the decline of the emirate