Aisha bint Muhammad ibn al-Ahmar

Queen of the Muslim kingdom of Granada, named Aisha al-Hurra (the honest), known in Spanish tradition by the name Aixa, the Muslims also called Fatima "the honest". He lived in the fifteenth century and was the wife of King Abu al-Hasan 'Ali ibn Saad and mother of King Muhammad Abu Abd'Allah (known by the nickname of "the wretch"), who helped with the support of the tribe Banu Sarray, to accede to the throne of Granada. Flattering and palace intrigues of Queen ribal Zoraida (formerly known as Elizabeth, second wife of the King of Granada), was the soul of the resistance against the Catholic Monarchs and accompanied, in 1493 her son-in-exile to Fez (Morocco)where she died soon after.

Legend has it that, when they went into exile in the mountains of Granada, her son crying looked back to see the Kingdom of Granada for the last time and Aisha said, "cries like a woman you could not defend as a man ". Because of this, the mountain pass where they stood is called "Sigh of the Moor".