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ererising, hoping tocarve for themselveskingdoms out of thecrumbling empire ofthe Almohades. AlAhmar allied himselfwith the enemies of Ben Hud, and succeeded fora brief interval in reigning over Seville. From thatcity he was expelled, but he forced Ben Hud totake refuge in Almeria, where he caused… … The Alhambra from the Cuesta del Rey Chico THE HISTORY OF THE CITY 19 as lord over all the lands between the upper reachesof the Guadalquivir and the Strait of Gibraltar,between Ronda and Baza. In all directions thecrescent was going down before the cross. St. Ferdi-nand was thundering at the gates…
