Battle of Butaiha
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In the Battle of Butaiha in July 1158, a Crusader army led by King Baldwin III of Jerusalem won a victory against the forces of Nur ad-Din Zengi, the emir of Aleppo and Damascus on the plains of Butai
Battle of Putaha (engraving by E. Lechard, c. 1838, original painting by Éloi Firmin Féron)
Battle of al-Buqaia
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In the Battle of al-Buqaia in 1163, the Crusaders and their allies inflicted a rare defeat on Nur ad-Din Zangi, the Emir of Aleppo and Damascus. King Amalric I led the army of the Kingdom of Jerusalem
Battle of Butaiha
…years. In 1160 or 1161, Raynald of Châtillon was captured and held in captivity until 1176. Both sides then clashed again on a larger scale during the Battle of al-Buqaia in 1163, which was victorious for the Crusaders. Event is pictured on the large-scale painting by French artist Éloi Firmin Féron (1802–1876), named…
Battle of al-Buqaia, miniature by Jean Colombe from Sébastien Mamerot's book "Passages d'outremer" (1474)
Knights Templar returning from the Battle of al-Buqaia. A fresco from the Templar Chapel in Cressac-Saint-Genis, France