Fortress of the Muslim (Pocket Size)

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The fountain consists of a large basin surrounded by twelve stylized lion sculptures, all carved from marble. Allah has promised that anyone who says this three times every morning or evening will be pleased on the Day of Resurrection. Bismillaahil-la thee laa yadhurru ma'as-mihi shay'un fil-'ardhi wa laa fis-samaa'i wa Huwas-Samee 'ul- 'Aleem . According to surviving documents from the era, the red castle was quite small, and its walls were not capable of deterring an army intent on conquering.

The pedestals of these columns are carved with reliefs depicting allegorical scenes such as the Victories destroying armaments, representing the emperor's imposition of a universal peace. The Alhambra was one of the first Islamic monuments to become the object of modern scientific study and has been the subject of numerous restorations since the 19th century. The most important persons, such as the Nasrid rulers, were buried inside this mausoleum, but in the open space between the mausoleum and the outer enclosure wall were other graves belonging to less important figures.He rebuilt or modified portions of the Nasrid palaces to serve as royal apartments, a process which began in 1528 and was completed in 1537. The necropolis consisted of a rectangular enclosure which was accessed through a small horseshoe-arch gate preserved today on its north side. The red earth from which the fortress is constructed is a granular aggregate held together by a medium of red clay which gives the resulting layered brick- and stone- reinforced construction ( tapial calicastrado) its characteristic hue and is at the root of the name of 'the Red Hill'. During the reign of the Nasrid Dynasty, the Alhambra was transformed into a palatine city, complete with an irrigation system composed of aqueducts and water channels that provided water for the complex and for other nearby countryside palaces such as the Generalife.

Allah is Sufficient for me, none has the right to be worshipped except Him, upon Him I rely and He is Lord of the exalted throne. The layout of the baths had a typical sequence of rooms, including a changing room ( bayt al-maslak͟h in Arabic), a cold room ( bayt al-barid), and a hot room ( bayt al-sak͟hun). All praise is due to Allah alone, and peace and blessings be upon his final Messenger (pbuh), after whom there is no other Prophet. Mariano Contreras, the last of the Contreras architects to serve as director of conservation of the Alhambra, was appointed as architectural curator in April 1890.The term rawda (Arabic: الروضة) means 'garden' in Arabic, but a number of historic Islamic necropolises or cemeteries were known by this name, including the necropolis of the former Umayyad rulers in Cordoba. The reference to the colour "red" in the name is due to the reddish colour of its walls, which were constructed of rammed earth. The other main gate of the Alhambra was the Puerta de las Armas ('Gate of Arms'), located on the north side of the Alcazaba, from which a walled ramp leads towards the Plaza de los Aljibes and the Nasrid Palaces.