[4][5] Pais brought innovation and particular attention was paid to the layout and construction of Tomar, as it was the first Templar castle designed as the Orders headquarters in Portugal.

Silves was besieged and a truce was signed with king Alfonso VIII of Castile, leaving al-Mansur free to advance through the Alentejo.

[7] Dom Gualdim Pais conducted a sally with 300 knights against the Almohad army.

Sancho was at Lisbon at the time and with the support of these reinforcements, the king rejected Yaqub's peace proposals, which involved relinquishing Silves, and marched out to relieve Santarém.

[2] Afterwards, the Order rejoined the Portuguese efforts at recapturing territory from the Muslims more actively.