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Canvas "Don Pedro
de Granada Venegas"

born Cidi Yahya Ben Yaha, Muslim Viceroy of Almeria, son of Aben Celin, Prince of the Alhambra, grandson of King Yusuf IV. From a painting by an unknown painter from the “Casa de los Tiros” in Granada

(Spain, 21st century)
Magos Foundation Collection

THE GRANDSON OF KING YUSUF IV SWITCHED CAMPS AND BECAME THE GODSON OF ISABEL THE CATHOLIC & FERDINAND OF ARAGON.

Grandson of King Yusuf IV (16th Emir) through his father and of King Al Musta`în/Ciriza (21st Emir) through his mother, Cidi Yahya Bin Yahya was married to his cousin Citi Meriem, niece of King Yusuf IV and daughter of the Christian nobleman, Pedro Venegas de Cordoba, who had converted to Islam. At the head of an army to defend the Muslim Kingdom of Granada, Cidi Yahya surrendered and was baptized as Don Pedro de Granada Venegas on December 25, 1489, with his wife and children in the presence of the Catholic Kings who became his godparents. He received privileges and was recognized by the Catholic Monarchs as the sole heir of the “Casa Real Nazari”, the Nazari Sovereign House. The neutralization of his army precipitated the fall of Granada.