A latecomer amongst Alhambra’s Moorish-themed roadways, Alahmar Street – called Alahmar Terrace in San Gabriel – was named in 1923 on a tract owned by brother and sister Abel and Ida Halsted. Either they knew their 13th century history or the street’s name was suggested by someone with the City of Alhambra. Regardless, it refers to Muhammad al-Ahmar (c. 1195-1273), the first sultan of Granada. (Al-Ahmar is Arabic for “the Red”, so this is effectively “Red Street”.) In 1238, the sultan took a nondescript fortress and began transforming it into the legendary Alhambra – Spain’s, not California’s. See Main Street, formerly Boabdil Avenue, for more related street names.
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