Battle of Butaiha

Battle of Butaiha
Part of the Crusades
Battle of Putaha (engraving by E. Lechard, c. 1838, original painting by Éloi Firmin Féron)
Date 15 July 1158 Location Near of Butaiha village, northeast of Lake Tiberias, modern-day Israel Result Crusaders victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Jerusalem Knights Hospitaller	Zengids
Commanders and leaders
Baldwin III of Jerusalem Thierry, Count of Flanders	Nur ad-Din Zangi
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown but serious

In the Battle of Butaiha (or the Battle of Putaha) 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 Butaiha located in the northeast part of modern-day Israel. At the time of the battle, the area belonged to the Kingdom of Jerusalem.