Stucco work on walls, Court of Mexuar, Alhambra. The Nasrid motto, ‘la ghalib ila Allah,’ (‘No victor except God’) is seen all over the wall. The court of the Mexuar (from the Arabic ‘mashwar,’ meaning to consult) was the place where administrative matters and meetings were held in the palace complex.
Stucco work on walls, Court of Mexuar, Alhambra. The Nasrid motto, ‘la ghalib ila Allah,’ (‘No victor except God’) is seen all over the wall. The court of the Mexuar (from the Arabic ‘mashwar,’ meaning to consult) was the place where administrative matters and meetings were held in the palace complex. For a general account of the Alhambra, see slide B49.185.
Photograph created 1974. Photograph processed June 1974. Formerly catalogued as B49.202, CS.023. Notes written on the slide or index: Court of the Mexuar (wall decoration).
