Battle of Ager Sanguinis

Battle of Ager Sanguinis
Part of the Crusades
Battle of Ager-Sanguinis, 1337 miniature
Date 28 June 1119 Location Balat, near Sarmada[a] Result Artuqid victory
Belligerents
Artuqids of Aleppo	Principality of Antioch
Commanders and leaders
Ilghazi Ibn al-Khashshab	Roger of Salerno †
Strength
20,000[1]	7,000–11,000[1] 700 knights[2] 500 Armenian cavalry[3] 3,000 infantry[4] Turcopoles and auxiliaries[1]
Casualties and losses
Unknown	Most killed 570 captured, of whom 30 executed[5]

In the Battle of Ager Sanguinis, also known as the Battle of the Field of Blood, the Battle of Sarmada, or the Battle of Balat, Roger of Salerno's Crusader army of the Principality of Antioch was annihilated by the army of Ilghazi of Mardin, the Artuqid ruler of Aleppo on 28 June 1119.

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