Isabelle de Solis

Isabelle de Solis is the girl Sancho Jiménez de Solís member of the nobility of Castille. She is made captive by the Nasrides during an incursion of the Moslem Christian ground troops. She is brought to the Alhambra. After being itself converted with Islam, it takes the name of Turaya , Soraya or more often Zoraya ( Lucero del Alba ).

Biography

It is told that Zoraya was very beautiful. The emir Abû Al-Hassan `Ali ( El viejo ) ( Muley Hacén ) of éprend. It will marry with the beautiful Castilian which will become its favorite. The sultan draws aside his first wife `Â' icha Al-Horra who gave him two wire Mohammed az-Zughbî ( Boabdil ) and Yûsuf. He expels it of Alhambra to give him the Palais of Dar Al-Horra like residence. Abû Al-Hassan `Alî will have also two wire of Zoraya: Nasr and Its `D.

The family of Abencérages which helped with the seizure of power of Abû Al-Hassan `Alî and has provides viziers sees this union of an evil eye. The vizier d' Abû Al-Hassan `Alî is a family member Bannigas rival of Abencérages and shown to make the play of the Castilians. `Â' icha and Abencérages will be combined to reverse Abû Al-Hassan `Alî.

July 14th 1482, the two wire of Abû Al-Hassan `Ali, Mohammed az-Zughbî ( Boabdil ) and Yûsuf flee of Grenade. Their escape was supported by their mother “Â' icha. The rebellious princes arrive at Guadix. Boabdil is recognized there like sovereign. The dissatisfied ones which is recruited as much among the noble Grenadians as in the humbler classes of the Albaicín, gather around Mohammed az-Zughbî and are decided with détrôner Abû Al-Hassan `Alî. Mohammed az-Zughbî is proclaimed sultan of Grenade by Abencérages on July 15th, 1482. After a furious battle in the streets of Grenade in which it was put in failure, Abû Al-Hassan `Alî flees of Grenade with his/her brother Mohammed az-Zaghall towards Málaga then towards Almería where it prepares to fight his son.

Abû Al-Hassan `Alî takes again his throne in 1484. It again loses it in 1485 with the profit of his brother Mohammed az-Zaghall. Mohammed az-Zaghall relegates Abû Al-Hassan `Alî to Almuñécar where this one resides until its death. There are not other biographical elements on Zoraya: is part in exile with its spouse can be and its two Nasr sons and Its `D. It seems that after the death of Abû Al-Hassan, Zoraya and its two sons its converts with Catholicism. The wire took the name of Jean de Grenade and Ferdinand de Grenade

The history of this beautiful Christian woman inspired by the authors of different. The tower of the Prisoner of Alhambra bears this name in its memory.

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