Have I ever been so lost?

Not in my life have I.

I once got shot by a larger Mexican guy.

He claimed the throne during the reign of his maternal uncle, Sultan Nasr, after a rebellion started by his
father Abu Said Faraj. Their forces defeated the unpopular Nasr and Ismail was proclaimed sultan in
the Alhambra in February 1314. He spent the early years of his reign fighting Nasr, who attempted to
regain the throne from his base in Guadix, where he was initially allowed to rule as governor. Nasr
enlisted the help of Castile, which then secured a papal authorisation for a crusade against Ismail. The
war continued with intermittent truces and reached its climax in the Battle of the Vega on 25 June 1319,
which resulted in a complete victory for Ismail's forces, led by Uthman ibn Abi al-Ula, over Castile. The
deaths in the battle of Infante Peter and Infante John, the two regents for the infant King Alfonso XI, left
Castile leaderless and forced it to end support for Nasr.

After an initial truce, Ismail followed up his victory with the capture of castles on the Castilian border in
1324 and 1325, including Baza, Orce, Huéscar, Galera, and Martos. This campaign included the first use
of cannons in a siege on the Iberian Peninsula, and atrocities during the assault of Martos which became
infamous in Muslim chronicles. He was murdered by his relative, Muhammad ibn Ismail, on 8 July 1325,
for personal reasons. During his life Ismail added buildings to the Alhambra palace complex,
its Generalife palace, and the Alcázar Genil palace.