After winning the Battle of Azaz northeast of Antioch, Baldwin II led an army of Franks to attack Damascus in early 1126.
Baldwin's army consisted of the usual mounted knights and men-at-arms supported by spearmen and bowmen on foot.
"[3] Another historian writes, "Crusader forces had a clear win but were unable to press home their advantage.
"[2] A third writer notes that the Crusader victory occurred because Toghtekin "fell from his horse and, thinking that he had been killed, his companions fled.
This contributed to the establishment of the alliance between the Nizari leader Bahram al-Da'i, who was the Chief Da'i of Syria, and the Burids.