Note 13 — The Generalife.

Al-’arif, in Spanish, Alarife, means “an inspector of public works”; and, according to Ibnu-l-Khattíb, the Grand Wizír of Yúsuf I., and of his son, Mohammed V., the site of the Generalife belonged to a person of that profession before it passed into the hands of the Sultán Isma’il-Ibn-Faraj, who, in A.D. 1320, bought the land for a large sum, and built the palace as a delightful retreat from the cares of State.