Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree is a historical novel by British Pakistani writer Tariq Ali, first published in 1992.

The first of Ali's Islam quintet, a series of historical novels about the confrontations between Islamic and Christian cultures, this novel is set shortly after the reconquista of Kingdom of Granada in Muslim Iberia by the army of Ferdinand and Isabella in the late fifteenth century.

[3] After witnessing a 'wall of fire,' in which books and records of Al-Andalus had been burned and lost forever, Muslims in Iberia are in a constant state of distress, not only from their Christian opposers, but also in question as to what will become of their future.

The seizure of lands and communities cultivated by Muslims for over 600 years, who were natives of Iberia, causes an internal strife among Andalusians as to whether they should resist or lose not only their religion, but also their way of life.

Throughout the novel, the residents of the final stronghold of Granada are trapped by oncoming attacks by Christians who would not accept them due to their religious and cultural affiliations.