The city had been conquered a few years earlier after the siege of Jerez (1261) from the Andalusian King Ibn Abit, but retaken by the Muslims during the Mudéjar revolt of 1264–1266.
[1] This event is part of the Reconquista, a historical process that took place in Spain between 722 and 1492, during which the Christian Kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula sought control of the territory that remained under Muslim rule.
[3] The Castilian monarch, whose priorities were in Seville in dealing with the repopulation of that city, therefore accepted that in Jerez, "all the Moors remained in their houses in the said town and estates" except for some personalities who were forced to leave, as we know was the case of Ibn Abit.
[3] After the Mudejar revolt of 1264, the situation changed dramatically due to the desire of the Nasrid Sultan Muhammad I of Granada to stop Castilian expansion, and the arrival of reinforcements sent by the Marinid dynasty of Morocco.
The monarch decided to leave a garrison of 300 knights in the Alcázar and ordered them to "give and distribute the houses and lands and estates" that made up the district of Jerez, to Christians, facilitating its repopulation by granting favors and privileges.