Muhammad II of Granada

Muhammad II (c. 1235–1302), called al-Faqih, the canon lawyer, succeeded his father Muhammad I as the second Nasrid emir of Granada in 1273. He maneuvered between Castile and the Marinids of Morocco, suppressing the Banu Ashqilula revolt and recovering Málaga in 1279.

In 1292 he helped Castile seize Tarifa, then switched sides when Sancho IV kept the town; after Sancho's death in 1295 his forces took Quesada and Alcaudete. A patron of scholars and poets, he organized the Volunteers of the Faith, expanded the Alhambra and promoted trade.