[132] The accounts of the founder of the kingdom of Granada differ materially.—Florez says that he was but a common ploughman, and that the surname of Alhamar was given him from his ruddy complexion.—Others, however, (and I think with greater appearance of truth,) maintain that he was a distinguished inhabitant of Arjona, of which place he made himself Lord previous to founding the kingdom of Granada, and that he belonged to the tribe of Alhamars, from Couffa, on the Red Sea.
[133] Torre de la Vela—the loftiest tower of the Alhambra.
[134] Al Hamara—the red.
[135] A small Spanish coin.
[136] This is the court of the Lions.
[137] Of most volume—meaning importance.
[138] A kind of drum, having a small hole in the parchment at one end, through which a close fitting stick is worked up and down so as to produce a noise like that made by a wheel requiring grease.
[139] The point to which Mohammedans turn when praying.
[140] Seat of the Moors.
[141] The little unfortunate, in allusion rather to the size of his person than the extent of his misfortunes.