 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1132 Ayyub aive achishandira Imad ad-Din Zengi. Akatora rutivi muhondo yokurwisana naSeljuk Sultan pedyo neTikrit uye akaponesa upenyu hwaZengi paakabatsira kudzokera kwake mhiri kweTigris. Muna 1136, Shirkuh akauraya muKristu waaipopotedzana naye muTikrit, uye vakoma vacho vakadzingwa mwanakomana waAyyub Yusuf, akazozivikanwa saSaladin, anonzi akazvarwa husiku hwavakaenda. Zengi akazogadza Ayyub gavhuna weBaalbek, uye apo guta rakakombwa muna 1146 naMuin ad-Din Unur, atabeg weBurid emir weDhamasiko, Ayyub akapa Baalbek uye akaenda kuDhamasiko. Shirkuh, panguva iyi, akapinda mubasa remwanakomana waZengi Nur ad-Din Zengi, uyo aive nezvirongwa paDhamasiko; apo Second Crusade yakakomberedza gutamuna 1148, Nur ad-Din akamanikidza Muin ad-Din nevaBurids kuti vaite mubatanidzwa waisada. Nokukurumidza Nur ad-Din akarayira kuti guta racho ripiwe kwaari, uye Ayyub naShirkuh vakataurirana nezvekuzvipira kwaro muna 1154. Ayyub akaramba ari gavhuna weDhamasiko pasi pehutongi hwaNur ad-Din. Akanga achiremekedzwa zvikuru zvokuti ndiye oga wevakuru vakuru vaNur ad-Din aibvumirwa kuramba akagara pamberi pake. 