<prompt> Ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Njengoba kwakubusa owesifazane nengane eJerusalema, isimo sezombangazwe sasicindezelekile ngandlela-thile; amazwe asenyakatho angama - Crusader aseTripoli, e - Antioch, nase - Edessa ayelokhu eqinisa ukuzimela kwawo, futhi kwakungekho nkosi eyayizobusa iJerusalema njengoba uBalduin II noma uFulk ayenzile. Ezweni lamaSulumane, uZengi wabusa enyakatho yeSiriya esuka emadolobheni aseMosul naseAleppo, futhi wayefisa ukwengeza iDamaseku eningizimu ngaphansi kokulawula kwakhe. Ngo-1144, uZengi wathatha i-Edessa  <response>: , okwashaqisa izwe laseNtshonalanga futhi kwaholela eMpini Yenkolo Yesibili. 