Battle of al-Buqaia

Battle of al-Buqaia
Part of the Crusades
Battle of al-Buqaia, miniature by Jean Colombe from Sébastien Mamerot's book "Passages d'outremer" (1474)
Date 1163 Location Al-Buqaia near Beqaa Valley, County of Tripoli (modern-day Akkar District, Lebanon) Result Crusader victory
Belligerents
Kingdom of Jerusalem Byzantine Empire Principality of Antioch County of Tripoli	Zengids
Commanders and leaders
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
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Unknown

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.