control of Zengi, who began to implement the jihad that ibn al-Khashshab had so fervently preached. Notes References Sources Carole Hillenbrand, The Crusades, Islamic Perspectives. New York, 2000. P.M. Holt, The Age of the Crusades: The Near East from the Eleventh Century to 1517. New York, 1986. Amin Maalouf, The Crusades Through Arab Eyes. 1983 1125 deaths Muslims of the First Crusade 12th-century Syrian people Year of birth unknown People from Aleppo People of the Nizari–Seljuk wars 12th-century Shia Muslims Victims of the Order of Assassins