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She may have been consulted and it is unlikely that she would have objected . It would have been even more effective if it were accompanied , as seems probable , by the pregnancy of Zaida in late 1092 or early 1093 and thus raised the possibility of a male heir to the throne . Implicit in the remarks attributed to him by Abd Allah in 1074 was the recognition that the real task would be the fashioning of a [ 135 ] political settlement and the marshaling of resources for repopulation there which would allow him to retain what he had overrun . ( 40 ) A sum of l0 ,000 dinars would have been both princely and sufficient . A fossataria , or tax in lieu of military service , would also have been decreed for collection during the winter . “ The only fair reading is that people want to be deliberate about this because no one wants to make mistakes , ” Smith said.The university ’ s case against the attorney general remains at the state trial court , but both parties are considering a settlement , Smith said . Now this entire mixture of procession , ceremony , threats , bluster , marching , countermarching , negotiation , expropriation , compromise , and concessions could hardly have been completed in less than an entire summer even if Alfonso delegated some of the burden to his bishops and magnates as he doubtless did . Very little tactical sense is requisite to suggest placing a solid obstacle between one 's self and a potential attacker or to create a continuous line of barriers by placing the shafts of one cart on the body of the next . In the next quarter of a century those were to prove more than adequate to overmatch the military abilities of her many opponents as well as such political and diplomatic acumen as they possessed .