<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ekuqaleni kokuvinjezelwa kwe-Edessa  <response>: ngo - November 1144, uBasil wajoyina ababhishobhi abangamaKatolika nabama - Armenia, uHugh noJohn, ukuze bahlele ukuvikela idolobha. Wancenga uHugh ukuba afune ukuthula, kodwa umyalo awuzange ufike kumkhuzi wamabutho aseTurkey, uZengi. Phakathi nezinsuku ezimbili zokuphangwa nokubulawa kwabantu okwalandela ukuphulwa kwezindonga ngo-December 24, uBasil wabayiswa entanjeni, ehamba-ze futhi enentshebe esusiwe. UZengi wahlangana naye lapho engena emzini ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbili. Ethendeni likaZengi, uBasil wahlaba umxhwele umlawuli ngokuthobeka, isibindi nokukwazi ukukhuluma isi-Arabhu. UZengi wamgqokisa futhi bobabili baxoxa ngokwakhiwa kabusha komuzi. NgokukaMichael Omkhulu, ngaso sonke isikhathi uZengi ayesabusa ngaso e - Edessa... lo mbhishobhi ohlonishwayo wayenethonya elikhulu. UBasil wayephethe ukuvuselela idolobha. 