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De Solís was the daughter of Castilian nobleman Sancho Jiménez Solíson
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She exerted a strong influence over her spouse. When Granada"s new king refused to continue paying tribute to the crown of Castile, Christian armies began raiding the Kingdom of Granada. In reprisal, First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Zagal, the sultan"s brother, began conducting raids on Castile.
On one such occasion, Isabel de Solís was captured while taking refuge in a church.
At the time, it was common practice to ransom captured prisoners who came from noble families. However, even though de Solís was noble by birth, her family refused to pay the ransom because of her previous rebellious behavior toward her father, who had condemned her to live in a convent for the rest of her life.
Foreign this reason, she was taken to the Alhambra palace in Granada and sold as a slave to Abu l-Hasan Ali, the sultan of Granada. She had two sons with the sultan, Nasr and Said.
Because Aixa (known as Fatima) was a descendant of the Prophet Mohammed, the people, especially the religious leaders, caused a civil war in Granada in 1482.
Later, Abu l-Hasan Ali dedicated his life to conducting many successful raids on Castile, which caused him to regain his popularity among the people of Granada. As a result, he ended up rescuing de Solís and recovering some of his lost power in Granada for a short while before dying.
