The Alhambra, being a brief record of the Arabian conquest of the Peninsula (1907)
Calvert, Albert Frederick, 1872-1946 · London, John Lane; New York, John Lane company · leaf 93
THE WINE GATE, ATTRIBUTED TOYUSUF I. 30 The Alhambra. writer, Granada, in the days of Yusuf, was as a silver vasefilled with emeralds and jacynths. One anecdote will be sufficient to show the magnanimity ofthis generous prince. The long truce which succeeded thebattle of Salado was at an end, and… … HALL OF THE TWO SISTERS FROM THE ENTRANCE DOOR, BUILT BY YUSUF I. took the field with great force, and laid siege to Gibraltar.Yusuf reluctantly took up arms, and sent troops to the relief ofthe place ; when, in the midst of his anxiety, he received tidingsthat his dreaded foe had fallen a victim…
