notes to pages 61–62 193
querades estar en nostra terra que no vos faleçremos de lo que ayades menester
fasta que vos ganemos la amor del Rey de Granada como quier que sepamos que
tot homne qui a nos serva, sierve al Rey de Granada. Datum Cesarauguste, VI
kalendas Marcii. /S[e]mblant a don Mahomet al Granadaxi. /Semblant a don Ma-
homet Abnadalil.” Adabub Adalil was a jenet already in the service of the Crown
of Aragon. See ACA, R. 82 , fols. 61 v – 62 r ( 2 July 1290 ). See also Gazulla, “Zene-
tes,” 188 – 89 ; and Catlos, “Mahomet Abenadalill,” 259 , 261 n 16.
59. ACA, R. 243 , fol. 264 v ( 5 Apr. 1317 ): “Don Jayme et cetera. Al amado
Alabeç Abenrraho, salut e amor... .”
60. References to jenets who were described as “de domo regis,” of the king’s
household or court, are scattered throughout the registers: ACA, R. 44 , fol. 178 v
( 16 Apr. 1280 ); ACA, R. 55 , fol. 49 v ( 1291 ); ACA, R. 81 , fol. 10 r ( 3 Jan. 1290 );
ACA, R. 82 , fol. 146 r ( 4 Sep. 1290 ); ACA, R. 82 , fol. 164 v ( 8 Sep. 1290 ); ACA,
RP, MR, 774 , fols. 85 v – 86 r (ca. 1293 ); ACA, R. 203 , fols. 7 r – 8 r ( 22 , 25 Apr. 1305 );
ACA, R. 203 , fol. 13 r ( 14 May 1305 ); ACA, R. 872 , fol. 22 r ( 12 June 1341 ); and
ACA, RP, MR, 2468 , fol. 101 r ( 1358 ).
61. ACA, R. 866 , fol. 64 r ( 9 June 1339 ); ACA, R. 951 , fol. 75 r – v ( 14 May 1340 );
ACA, R. 959 , fol. 6 r ( 31 Aug. 1345 ); ACA, R. 1123 , fol. 70 r ( 1344 ); and ACA,
R. 2223 , fols. 33 v – 34 r ( 22 Dec. 1397 ), as cited in Ferrer i Mallol, Els sarraïns, 31 ,
161 – 62 ; and idem, La frontera, 158.
62. ACA, R. 90 , fol. 22 v ( 2 Sep. 1291 ): “Universis officialibus et subditis suis
ad quos presentes pervenerint et cetera, cum Mahometus Abenadalill et Abrahim
Abennamies venerint ad nos ex parte illustris regis granate et inde redeant ad
eundem, mandamus et dicimus vobis quatenus ipsis nunciis seu rebus eorum in
redeundo apud Granatam nullum impedimentum vel contrarium faciatis, immo
provideatis eosdem de securo transitu et ducatu. Datum ut supra.” See also ACA,
R. 55 , fol. 49 v (s.a.); ACA, R. 90 , fol. 18 v ( 12 May 1291 ); and ACA, R. 243 , fol. 264 v
( 5 Apr. 1317 ). See also Catlos, “Mahomet Abenadalill,” 271 n 52 , 271 n 54.
63. ACA, R. 82 , fol. 164 r ( 4 Sep. 1290 ): “[Arnaldo de] Bastida. Cum Mahome-
tus Abencinich et Asmet Almergi et Mahometus Abencaremon, de domo nostra,
de voluntate nostra [vad]eant apud Granate. Mandamus vobis quatenus donetis
predictis Sarracenis expensas idoneas usque ad dictum locum.... R[e]cuperetis ab
eo et cetera. Datum ut supra.”
64. For the context, see Dufourcq, L’Espagne catalane, 227 ff. See also ACA,
R. 100 , fol. 400 r ( 18 Mar. 1295 , documents trimmed along left margin): “... et
universis ad quos presentes pervenerint fidelibus amicis et devotis suis. Cum Muca
Almentare, sarracenus janetus [noster], lator presentium ad partes Sicilie et Bar-
barie de nostra licencia accedat ad presens vobis fidelibus mandamus et vos amicos
[et d]evotos requirimus et rogamus quatenus predictum Mucam benigne recipien-
tes pariter et tractantes nullum sibi, familie, equitaturis [et] rebus suis in eundo
stando et redeundo impedimentum itineris nec iniuirias gravamina seu molestias
inferatis... permitatis ab aliis irrogari prout nobis cupitis compelare. Immo si