On January 2, 1492, Muhammad XII, the last Muslim sovereign in Spain, formally surrendered the Emirate of Granada, ceding authority of the regions to Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile. This historic event represented a pivotal juncture, reinstating Catholic, European authority over the Iberian Peninsula for the first time in nearly eight centuries, thereby culminating the Reconquista, a war designed to reclaim territories from Muslim dominion across the region. #andalus #andalusia #rec