Muhammed III, Sultan of Granada

Who was Muhammed III, Sultan of Granada?

Muhammed III was a son of Muhammed II al-Faqih and the third Nasrid ruler of the Moorish Emirate of Granada in Al-Andalus on the Iberian Peninsula.

Muhammad III was born in 1256 CE. On April 8, 1302 he ascended the Granadine Sultan's throne at the death of his father Muhammed II al-Faqih, whom, it is believed, he poisoned. During the first few weeks of his reign, Muhammed III negotiated peace treaties with the kingdoms of Castile and Aragon. The treaty, negotiated in April 1304, required the Nasrids to acknowledge their state as a vassal of Castile. Muhammed III was an unpopular figure and many of his own supporters eventually began to resent him.