Battle of al-Buqaia
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, together with contingents from the northern Latin states, a substantial body of pilgrims who had just arrived from France, and a force brought by the Byzantine governor of Cilicia. For the Christian forces, this victory only gave a brief respite from the sustained Muslim offensive.
| Battle of al-Buqaia | |||||||
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| Part of the Crusades | |||||||
Battle of al-Buqaia, miniature by Jean Colombe from Sébastien Mamerot's book "Passages d'outremer" (1474) | |||||||
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Kingdom of Jerusalem Byzantine Empire Principality of Antioch County of Tripoli | Zengids | ||||||
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Amalric I of Jerusalem Gilbert de Lacy Konstantinos Kalamanos Bohemund III of Antioch Raymond III of Tripoli Hugh VIII of Lusignan | Nur ad-Din Zangi | ||||||
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| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
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| Unknown | Unknown | ||||||
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