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He threw out some light parties, however, which skirmished with the Abencerrages of Aben Comixa, after which he caused his trumpets to sound a recall, and retired into the city, mortified, it is said, that the Christian cavaliers should witness these fratricidal discords between true believers.
The moment Boabdil discerned, from the towers of the Albaycin, the Christian banners and lances winding round the base of the mountain of Elvira, he sallied forth to meet them, escorted by a squadron of Abencerrages under Aben Comixa.
In the famous "Court of the Lions" in the Alhambra, visitors are shown to-day the blood-stains left by the celebrated massacre of the "Abencerrages."
Mateo Ximenez, the Younger The Cathedral of Granada A Monkish Miracle Catholic Shrines Military Cherubs The Royal Chapel The Tombs of Ferdinand and Isabella Chapel of San Juan de Dios The Albaycin View of the Vega The Generalife The Alhambra Torra de la Vela The Walls and Towers A Visit to Old Mateo The Court of the Fish-pond The Halls of the Alhambra Character of the Architecture Hall of the Abencerrages Hall of the Two Sisters The Moorish Dynasty in Spain.
* Cura de los Palacios, Hist. de los Reyes Catol., cap. 56. It is to be noted that several historians have erroneously represented Zoraya as the mother of Boabdil, instead of Ayxa la Horra, and the Abencerrages as the opponents of Boabdil, instead of his strenuous adherents. The statement in the text is according to the most reliable authorities.
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