 In 1108 the troops of the Almoravid Tamim, governor of Córdoba and son of Yusuf ibn Tashfin, turned again against the Christian territories, but this time the chosen city was not Toledo but Uclés.Alfonso VI was in Sahagún, recently married, elderly and with an old wound that prevented him from riding.Álvar Fáñez, governor of the lands of the Banu Di-l-Nun, was the commander of the army.