Editing Amalric, King of Jerusalem (section)

====Turkic threat====
[[File:Nur ad-Din Zangi.jpg|thumb|Nur ad-Din emerged from the battle of Artah victorious and with several key captives.]]
Nur ad-Din could not afford to allow Amalric to control Egypt. The king's southern expedition left the kingdom and the northern crusader states undefended, which allowed Nur ad-Din to act. In the [[battle of Harim|battle of Artah]] on 10 August 1164 he destroyed a large Christian army and captured Prince [[Bohemond III of Antioch]], Count [[Raymond III of Tripoli]], [[Joscelin III of Edessa]], and the Byzantine governor of [[Cilicia]], [[Constantine Coloman]]. On 12 August he captured [[Harim]]. Amalric's brother-in-law Count [[Thierry of Flanders]] arrived with numerous knights, but this failed to deter Nur ad-Din.{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=240}} Amalric returned to Jerusalem in October,{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=238}} and immediately hurried north with Thierry.{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=240}}  Raymond declared that, during his captivity, Amalric should rule Tripoli.{{sfn|Baldwin|1969|p=551}} The king thus stopped at Tripoli to establish his rule,{{sfn|Runciman|1952|p=370}} and then proceeded further north to install governors in the cities of Bohemond's principality.{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=240}}

On 18 October 1164 Nur ad-Din captured [[Banias]], described by Patriarch Amalric as "the gateway to the whole kingdom". The king and the master of the Knights Templar, [[Bertrand of Blancfort]], declared that Banias had been sold by traitors. In mid-1165 King Amalric secured the release of Prince Bohemond.{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=240}} Amalric and Bertrand's attempts to entice the king of France to assist in their planned conquest of Egypt proved fruitless, and so the Christian leaders continued to court the Byzantines. In late 1165 the king sent an embassy led by the [[butler of Jerusalem|royal butler]], [[Odo of Saint-Amand]], and the [[archbishop of Caesarea]], [[Ernesius]], to arrange a royal marriage with a member of Emperor Manuel's family.{{sfn|Barber|2012|p=242}}

In late 1165 Philip of Milly resigned the [[lordship of Oultrejordain]] to join the Templars.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|pp=91-92}} His sole heir was his elder daughter, [[Helena of Milly|Helena]], who was married to the [[lord of Beirut]], [[Walter III Brisebarre]].{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=92}} When Walter and his brothers, Guy and Bernard, were captured by the Muslims, Amalric forbade anybody to lend money to them for their ransom. By 1167 the king had forced Walter to surrender Beirut in return for money.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=91}} Hamilton concludes that this "sharp" treatment originated from Amalric's desire to prevent Walter from holding the great lordships of Beirut and Oultrejordain simultaneously.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|pp=91-92}} Around this time Emperor Manuel's cousin [[Andronikos Komnenos]] arrived in the kingdom after scandalously seducing [[Philippa of Antioch|Philippa]], sister of Prince Bohemond and sister-in-law of the emperor.{{sfn|Runciman|1952|p=377}} His bravery impressed Amalric,{{sfn|Runciman|1952|p=378}} who gave him the [[lordship of Beirut]] in fief in 1167.{{sfn|Hamilton|2000|p=91}}