Background
Son of Said, Abu l-Hasan Ali became sultan in 1464, and in 1477 he refused to pay tribute to the Crown of Castile.
Son of Said, Abu l-Hasan Ali became sultan in 1464, and in 1477 he refused to pay tribute to the Crown of Castile.
This action is taken by Isabella I of Castile as a pretext to start the war against Granada. He was the father of Muhammad XII (also known as Boabdil), the last sultan of Granada, by his relative Aixa. The sons took the name of Juan de Granada and Fernando de Granada.
Abu l-Hasan Ali appears as a character, along with Isabel de Solís, in the novel "People of the Book" by Geraldine Brooks.