Yusuf V ibn Ahmad

The son of Prince Ahmad and the grandson of the Emperor of Granada, Yusuf II al-Mustagani (d. 1392 ), who ruled in 1391 - 1392 .

In 1445, a civil war resumed in the Emirate of Granada. The struggle for power began between the emir Muhammad IX and his nephews, Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf and Muhammad al-Ahnaf. Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf lived in exile in Cordoba, in Muhammad al-Ahnaf (Lame) was governor in Almeria .

In January 1445, Muhammad al-Ahnaf seized the throne of Emir in Granada under the name Muhammad X, overthrowing his uncle Muhammad IX. In June of the same year, under the pressure of the Abenseragi clan and the king of Castile, the emir Muhammad al-Ahnaf was forced to cede the throne to Abu al-Hajjaj Yusuf, who took the name Yusuf V.

In January 1446, after a six-month reign of Yusuf V ibn Ahmad, he was ousted from the throne by Muhammad al-Ahnaf . At the beginning of 1448, Muhammad al-Ghalib again regained power in Granada, removing Muhammad al-Ahnaf from power.

In July 1462, the Emir of Granada, Abu Nasr Sad , opposed the Abenseragi clan and killed two members of this clan in the Alhambra, the rest of the clan fled to Malaga, where in September of the same year 1462 they proclaimed the new Emir of Yusuf V. Meanwhile, on August 20, the Spaniards captured a large Granada port city of Gibraltar . In September, the Spaniards occupied Archidona. In November 1462, the emir Yusuf V captured the western lands of the emirate and entered Granada, expelling Abu Nasra Sad from there. However, already in December of that year, Yusuf V passed away, and Abu Nas Said regained the emir’s throne.

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