| Battle of Butaiha | |||||||
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| Part of the Crusades | |||||||
.jpg) Battle of Putaha (engraving by E. Lechard, c. 1838, original painting by Éloi Firmin Féron) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Kingdom of Jerusalem.svg){kind=small} Knights Hospitaller | Zengids | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Baldwin III of Jerusalem Thierry, Count of Flanders | Nur ad-Din Zangi | ||||||
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| 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.