However, on the death of Al-Mansur in 1002, his eldest son Abd al Malik Al-Muzafer succeeded to the throne, and on his death Abdar Rehaman As-Sanjul or Sanchelo or little Sancho (his mother Abda, was a daughter of Sancho the count of Casile), another son of Al-Mansur, followed his brother.
Mansurjev namen v ozadju je bilo oblikovanje te palače kot navdih in strahospoštovanje, da bo njegovo ime zapisano na straneh zgodovine skupaj z imenom največjega kralja Al-Andalus, Abd-ar-Rahmana III.