Muhammad VIII (Arabic: محمد الثامن; 1411–1431), known as "the left handed", was the fourteenth Nasrid ruler of the Islamic Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula.
Muhammad VIII | |
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Sultan of Granada (1st reign) | |
Reign | 1417–1419 |
Predecessor | Yusuf III of Granada |
Successor | Muhammad IX of Granada |
Sultan of Granada (2nd reign) | |
Reign | 1427–1429 |
Predecessor | Muhammad IX of Granada |
Successor | Muhammad IX of Granada |
Born | 1411 Alhambra |
Died | 1431 |
Dynasty | Nasrides |
Father | Yusuf III |
Mother | Umm al-Fath (I) |
Religion | Islam |
He, as eldest son, became Sultan after the death of his father Yusuf III.[1] His first reign lasted from 1417 to 1419, and his second from 1427 to 1429.[2] Immediately after coming to the throne, Muhammad renewed the treaties between Granada, Castile and the Marinids, and sent troops to help the Marinids in the Siege of Ceuta in 1418.