<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UNur ad-Din wayeyindodana yesibili ka-Imad ad-Din Zengi, u-atabeg waseTurkey wase-Aleppo naseMosul, owayesitha esizinikele sokuba khona kwabaphikukristu eSyria. Ngemva kokubulawa kukayise ngo-1146, uNur ad-Din nomfowabo omdala uSaif ad-Din Ghazi I bahlukanisa umbuso phakathi kwabo, uNur ad-Din wabusa i-Aleppo noSaif ad-Din Ghazi wazinza eMosul. Umngcele phakathi kwalezi zindawo ezimbili ezintsha wakhiwa uMfula i-al-Khabur. Cishe ngokushesha nje lapho eqala ukubusa kwakhe, uNur ad-Din wahlasela i-Principality of Antioch, wathatha izinqaba eziningana enyakatho yeSyria, ngesikhathi esifanayo wanqoba umzamo kaJoscelin II wokubuyisa iSifundazwe sase-Edessa, esasithunjiwe  <response>: ngoZengi ngo-1144. Ngo-1146, ngemva kokuzama kwamaFrank ukuthatha kabusha i-Edessa, uNur ad-Din wabulala abantu bendawo abangama-Armenian Christian edolobheni futhi wacekela phansi izinqaba zalo, njengesijeziso sokusiza uJoscelin kulokhu kuzama. NgokukaThomas Asbridge, abesifazane nezingane zase-Edessa babeyizigqila. 