During the time of Sharq al-Andalus a real (from the Arabic Riyad) was a kind of orchard or garden, with some kind of building as summer residence that used to belong to a member of Andalusian urban oligarchy, located around the cities or large farmhouses.CSIC Escuela de Estudios Árabes, La arquitectura residencial de al-Andalus: análisis tipológico, contexto urbano y sociológico. Bases para la intervención patrimonial.Unos apuntes sobre la Granada andalusí (J. Navarro).
