<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-1031 i-Edessa yanikezwa abaseByzantium ngaphansi kukaGeorge Maniakes ngumbusi wayo ongumArabhu. Yaphinde yathathwa ngama-Arabhu, yabe isibanjwa amaGrikhi, ama-Armenia, umbuso wamaSeljuq 1087, amaCrusaders 1098, asungula i-County of Edessa futhi agcina idolobha kwaze kwaba ngu-1144, lapho yaphinde yathathwa ngu-Imad ad-Din Zengi, futhi iningi lezakhamizi zalo kuthiwa labulawa kanye nombhishobhi omkhulu waseLatin bheka Ukuvinjezelwa kwe-Edessa  <response>: Izindaba Lezi zenzakalo sazazi ngokuyinhloko ngesazi-mlando sase-Armenia uMathewu, owazalelwa e-Edessa. Ngo - 1144 kwakunabantu base - Armenia abangu - 47 000 edolobheni. Ngo - 1146, umuzi waphinde wathathwa ngamabutho enkolo okwesikhashana futhi walahleka ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa. Ngokwamazwi kaSteven Runciman, bonke abantu abangamaKristu badingiswa futhi umuzi omkhulu, owawuzibiza ngokuthi uwumbuso wamaKristu omdala kunayo yonke emhlabeni, washiywa ungenamuntu futhi uyincithakalo, futhi awukaze uvuselelwe kuze kube namuhla. 