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 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
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 al-Buqaia
…with the other Franks. Consequently, Shaizar soon became the property of Nur ad-Din. In 1158, Thierry and King Baldwin III beat Nur ad-Din at the battle of Butaiha, northeast of Tiberias. The year 1160 saw the capture of Reynald, who spent the next 16 years in Nur ad-Din's dungeons. In December 1161, the Byzantine…
Battle of Putaha (engraving by E. Lechard, c. 1838, original painting by Éloi Firmin Féron)