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The Moor's Last Sigh traces four generations of the narrator's family and the ultimate effects upon the narrator. The narrator, Moraes Zogoiby, traces his family's beginnings down through time to his own lifetime. Moraes, who is called "Moor" throughout the book, is an exceptional character, whose physical body ages twice as fast as a normal ...
1.95 m × 3.02 m (6 ft 5 in × 9.9 ft) Owner. Private collection. The Sigh of the Moor is an oil-on-canvas painting of Muhammad XII, (Boabdil), last Nasrid Emir of Granada. It was painted in the late 19th century by the Spanish artist Francisco Pradilla Ortiz. The painting depicts Boabdil, having ceded Granada to the Catholic Monarchs of Spain ...
The Enchantress of Florence is the ninth novel by Salman Rushdie, published in 2008. [1] According to Rushdie this is his "most researched book" which required "years and years of reading". [2] The novel was published on 11 April 2008 by Jonathan Cape London, and in the United States by Random House. [3]
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Muhammad XII was the son of Abu l-Hasan Ali, Sultan of the Emirate of Granada whom he succeeded in 1482, [2] as a result of both court intrigue and unrest amongst the population at large. [3] Muhammad XII soon sought to gain prestige by invading Castile, but was taken prisoner at Lucena in 1483. [2] Muhammad's father was then restored as ruler ...
Puerto del Suspiro del Moro or Pass of the Moor's Sigh is a mountain pass in the Spanish Sierra Nevada.. History. Muhammad XII, the last Moorish Sultan of Granada, and his court are said to have crossed this Alpujarras pass after being ejected from Granada by the Catholic Monarchs in 1492.
The Moor may refer to: Personification of the Moors, in their collective role as a medieval political force; Geography. The Moor, the core street of The Moor Quarter of Sheffield, England; The Moor, Hawkhurst, the green within The Moor Quarter's village and civil parish, England; Arts, entertainment, and media
See also 1980s portal The Satanic Verses controversy References ^ David E. Pitt (March 1, 1989). "Office of Weekly Paper in Riverdale Is Firebombed". The New York Times. ^ John C. Nerone (1994). Violence against the press: policing the public sphere in U.S. history. Oxford University Press. p. 204. ^ "Newspaper, Bookstores Damaged by Firebombs". Daily Sitka Sentinel. Sitka, Alaska. Associated ...