AHC:Ottoman Granada

What it says on the tin. Your challenge is to create a scenario where the emirate of Granada is under the control of the ottoman empire. It Doesn't have to be under full control, it could be a vassal or a protectorate. PoD no earlier than 1470 and no later than 1492.
 
What it says on the tin. Your challenge is to create a scenario where the emirate of Granada is under the control of the ottoman empire. It Doesn't have to be under full control, it could be a vassal or a protectorate. PoD no earlier than 1470 and no later than 1492.

You're going to want Granada to survive longer, long enough for the Ottomans to expand close enough to Granada or at least build a big enough navy that the Ottomans can actually protect it. My POD of choice would be to have a wave of disease sweep the Spanish royal court in the late 1480s, killing many nobles as well as the Catholic Monarchs. That would cause enough turmoil in Castile and Aragon to delay the Reconquista, and maybe even give the Granadans room for a minor resurgence. If a Spanish civil war over succession occurs, that might also help the Ottomans in the Mediterranean. That could give the Ottomans the ability to extend their support to Granada as a 'protector'.
 
What about an Ottoman Empire that doesn't get ravaged by Tamerlane? Can it expand while Europe is still relatively divided?
 
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