Battle of Sagrajas

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Battle of Sagrajas
Part of the Reconquista
Battle of Sagrajas
Date 23 October 1086 Location North of Badajoz Result Muslim Coalition victory[1]
Belligerents
Kingdom of León Kingdom of Castile Kingdom of Aragon	Almoravids Taifa of Seville Taifa of Badajoz Taifa of Granada Taifa of Almería Taifa of Málaga Taifa of Toledo Taifa of Zaragoza Taifa of Lisbon Taifa of Albarracín Taifa of Valencia
Commanders and leaders
Alfonso VI Álvar Fáñez Sancho Ramírez of Aragon	Yusuf ibn Tashfin Al Mu'tamid ibn Abbad of Seville Umar ibn Muhammad al-Mutawakkil of Badajoz Abdallah ibn Buluggin of Granada Ahmad bin Muhammad of Almería Tamim of Málaga Yahya al-Qadir of Valencia
Strength
2,500[2][3]	7,500[a]
Casualties and losses
2,000[b]	3,000[c]

The Battle of Sagrajas (23 October 1086), also called Zalaca or Zallaqah (Arabic: معركة الزلاقة, romanized: Maʿrakat az-Zallāqah), was fought between the Almoravid army led by their King Yusuf ibn Tashfin and an army led by the Castilian King Alfonso VI. The Almoravids responded to the call of Jihad by the taifas which commonly fought amongst themselves however they had united to battle the powerful Christian states to the north. The Taifas aided the Almoravids during the battle with troops, favoring the battle for the Muslim side. The battleground was later called az-Zallaqah (in English "slippery ground") because of the poor footing caused by the tremendous amount of bloodshed that day, which gave rise to its name in Arabic.

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