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Ruiz Souza, Juan CarlosCorresponding Author

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February 1, 2017
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El palacio de los Leones de la Alhambra: ¿Madrasa zawiya y tumba de Muhammad V? Estudio para un debate

Publicated to:Al-Qantara. 22 (1): 77-120-120 - 2001-01-01 22(1), DOI: 10.3989/alqantara.2001.v22.i1.227

Authors: Ruiz Souza, Juan Carlos

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Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Author

Abstract

This article shows a new interpretation of the function of the famous Court of Lions in the Alhambra of Granada, built in the 1360's by Muhammad V. The study of the contemporary architecture in the Maghreb (Fez, Sale, Tlemcen, etc.), the close relations between Muhammad V of Granada and the neighbouring Islamic countries, his own knowledge of the architecture produced under the Marinid dynasty during his Moroccan exile in Fez from 1359 to 1362, etc., makes us reconsider the Palace of the Lions as a royal madrasa-zawiya, where its founder could even have been buried in 1391. Moreover, this hypothesis would clearly explain the numerous anomalies the Palace of Lions presents.

Keywords

AntropologíaArchaeologyCiencias humanasCiencias socialesCultural studiesEstudios árabes, hebreos y orientalesFilologia, lingüística i sociolingüísticaFilologíasGeneral o multidisciplinarHistoriaHistoria general y especializadaHistoryInterdisciplinaresLiterature and literary theoryReligionRevistas de filología y linüísticaRevistas de humanidades

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Al-Qantara, Q3 Agency Scopus (SJR), its regional focus and specialization in Literature and Literary Theory, give it significant recognition in a specific niche of scientific knowledge at an international level.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-18:

  • Dialnet Métricas: 3
  • Scopus: 30

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-18:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 1.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 9 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 3.
  • The number of mentions on Wikipedia: 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Additionally, the work has been submitted to a journal classified as Diamond in relation to this type of editorial policy.
Continuing with the social impact of the work, it is important to emphasize that, due to its content, it can be assigned to the area of interest of ODS 11 - Sustainable cities and communities, with a probability of 61% according to the mBERT algorithm developed by Aurora University.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (RUIZ SOUZA, JUAN CARLOS) and Last Author (RUIZ SOUZA, JUAN CARLOS).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been RUIZ SOUZA, JUAN CARLOS.