Alpujarras, Or Alpuxarras(Ar. Al-Busha-rat, Pasture Mountains), a mountainous region in the old province of Granada, Spain, lying between the Sierra Nevada and the Mediterranean, and including part of the modern provinces of Granada and Almeria. After the taking of Granada by Ferdinand, the Moors remaining in the country were driven to this district, whence, after long struggles and desperate resistance, they were finally expelled by Philip III., in 1610. The Sierra de Gador, the highest summit, rises 6,550 feet above the sea level.