Said, Sultan of Granada

Said ( † 1465 ) was from 1454 to 1464 (with a brief interruption in 1462 ) Emir of Granada.

Said, a grandson of Yusuf II, ascended after the overthrow of Muhammad XI. (1453-1454) with the help of Abencerrages and Castile to the throne of Granada. His reign was marked by the 1458 war erupted with Castile. This resulted in severe devastation of the country. Because of the ensuing increased exodus of rural population to the cities of the decline of the economy began. This had serious consequences for the financial strength of the Nazarite and their ways of warfare against Castile. Still under Said Medina -Sidonia and Gibraltar were ( in 1462 ) conquered by the Castilians, bringing the Nasrid lost their last bases on the Straits of Gibraltar.

When Said 1462 after the conclusion of a truce with Castile was going against the Abencerrages raised this again Yusuf V. Emir. Although this could Málaga and briefly also occupy Granada, but not definitively assert themselves against Said. This was in 1464 by his own son Abu l -Hasan Ali ( 1464-1482 ), forced to abdicate because he could not successfully defend against the land of Castile. Another son of Said, Muhammad XIII. " El Zagal ," in the final stages of the Nasrid kingdom was also briefly Emir of Granada.