Battle of Sagrajas

Battle of Sagrajas
	Part of the Reconquista
	; Battle of Sagrajas
Date	23 October 1086
Location	North of Badajoz
Result	Muslim Coalition victory
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 Albarracín; Taifa of Valencia; Takrur;
Commanders and leaders
Alfonso VI (WIA); 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	7,500
Casualties and losses
2,000	3,000

The Battle of Sagrajas (23 October 1086), also called Zalaca or Zallaqah (Arabic: معركة الزلاقة, romanized: Maʿrakat az-Zallāqah), was a conflict fought in 1086 between the Almoravid army, led by their king, Yusuf ibn Tashfin, and the forces of King Alfonso VI of Castile. The Almoravids were called into battle by the taifas, Muslim principalities in Al-Andalus that often fought amongst themselves but united against the expanding Christian kingdoms to the north. In addition to the Almoravid forces, the Taifas, bolstered the Muslim side, tilting the battle in their favor. The battlefield became known as az-Zallaqah (meaning "slippery ground") due to the immense bloodshed that made the terrain treacherous, giving rise to its name in Arabic.