Dee ihe na-esote paragraf a - Mgbe Ilghazi wakporo obodo Edessa, ya na ndị agha obe ahụ gbara udo. N'afọ 1121, ọ gara n'ebe ugwu ruo Armenia na ihe dị ka ndị agha 15,000-20,000, gụnyere ndị nwoke nke ọgọ ya nwoke Mazyad Dubais nke Abụọ ibn Sadaqah na Sultan Malik nke Ganja duziri. Ilghazi wakporo Georgia ma Devid nke Anọ nke Georgia meriri ya n'agha Didgori nke 1121. Ilghazi nwụrụ na 1122, na ọ bụ ezie na nwa nwanne ya nwoke Belek Ghazi na-achịkwa Aleppo, obodo ahụ na-achịkwa ibn al-Khashshab. Ndị na-egbu ọchụ gburu Ibn al-Kashshab na 1125, ma Aleppo dabara n'okpuru nchịkwa nke Zengi, atabeg nke Mosul, na 1128. Mgbe Belek Ghazi nwụsịrị, ndị Artuqids kewara n'etiti Harput, Hasankeyf na Mardin. Nwa Sokman Rukn al-Daula Dāʾūd, bey nke Hasankeyf, nwụrụ na 1144, nwa ya nwoke Kara Aslan nọchiri ya. Kara Aslan jikọrọ aka na Joscelin nke Abụọ nke Edessa megide ndị Zengids, na mgbe Joscelin na-anọghị na 1144, Zengi weghachitere Edessa, nke mbụ nke ndị agha Crusader na-ada (lee Siege nke Edessa
) N'ihi ya, Hasankeyf ghọkwara onye na-akwado Zengi.