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Battle of Harim
Part of the Crusades

Mail-coated Nur al-Din Zengi, with bare legs and an open helmet, fleeing on horseback from two knights (Geoffrey Martel and Hugh de Lusignan the elder) pursuing him on war horses at the Battle of Harim. "Histoire d'Outremer" (1232-1261) - BL Yates Thompson MS 12
Date12 August 1164
Location
Harem, Syria
Result Zengid victory
Belligerents
Zengids
Mosul
County of Tripoli
Principality of Antioch
Byzantine Empire
Armenia
Commanders and leaders
Nur ad-Din Zangi
Shirkuh
Qutb ad-Din Mawdud
Raymond III of Tripoli (POW)
Bohemund III of Antioch (POW)
Konstantinos Kalamanos (POW)
Thoros II of Armenia
Hugh VIII of Lusignan (POW)
Joscelin III of Edessa (POW)
Strength
9,000 600 knights
12,000 foot soldiers[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown 10,000 (per Ibn al-Athir)[2]
Kalamanos, Hugh, Raymond, Bohemund, Joscelin captured

The Battle of Harim (Harenc) was fought on 12 August 1164 at Harim, Syria, between the forces of Nur ad-Din, and a combined army from the County of Tripoli, the Principality of Antioch, the Byzantine Empire, and Armenia. Nur ad-Din won a crushing victory, capturing most of the leaders of the opposing army.

  1. ^ Barber 2012, p. 240: "(Nur ad-Din) completely routed a formidable northern army, killing a large proportion of its 600 knights and 12,000 foot soldiers, and capturing all the important leaders, including Raymond III, count of Tripoli, Bohemond III, prince of Antioch, Joscelin III, titular count of Edessa, and Constantine Coloman, Byzantine governor of Cilicia.".
  2. ^ Morton, Nicholas. The Crusader States and Their Neighbours: A Military History, 1099–1187. United Kingdom: Oxford University Press, 2020.

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