Boabdil cadet sword with silver handle with engravings Marto 8646

Boabdil cadet sword made in Toledo by Marto. 60 cm blade and silver handle with engravings.

Boabdil, was the last king of Granada. Abû Abd Al • lâh, known as Muhammad
Born in the Alhambra, son of Muley Hacén and the sultana Aixa, he revolted in Guadix against his father in 1482 and acceded to the throne thanks to the support of the Abencerrages and his own mother. He fought his father and his uncle, who also considered themselves legitimate kings of Granada.
During the battle of Martín González, in the municipality of Lucena, he was captured by the Catholic Monarchs. His liberation involved giving Castile the part of the kingdom that Zagal ruled, which favored Castilian penetration and the end of the war on January 2, 1492 with the taking of Granada by the Catholic Monarchs.
In 1492, the Catholic Monarchs entered Granada as punishment for the kingdom's refusal to pay the taxes they demanded. In the Capitulation of Granada it was established that Boabdil would hold the lordship of the Alpujarras.
According to a widespread Spanish legend whose veracity is not attested by any documentation, when leaving Granada on the way to his exile in the Alpujarras, when he was crowning a hill, he turned his head to see his city for the last time and cried, hearing from his mother the sultana Aixa:

«Cry like a woman for what you did not know how to defend as a man»

Because of this, that mountain is called the Sigh of the Moor.

In his Alpujarra exile, he settled in the Almeria town of Laujar de Andarax, this being his last residence on the Iberian Peninsula. In Laujar, the last sultana of Granada, Morayma, wife of Boabdil, died in 1493. In 1493 he left the peninsula for Fez after selling the rights to his lordship to the Catholic Monarchs and collecting the remains of his ancestors in Mondújar, next to Talará (Granada).

• Details of the engravings on the handle with contrasts.
• Silver finished cuff.
• Stainless Steel Blade. tempered.
• Length: 75cm
• Blade Length: 60 cm

Excellent Cadet Sword from the Exclusive Collection “Historical Cadet Swords” manufactured by MARTO.
Certificate of Quality and Origin. Made in Toledo.