Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Nur ad-Din aive mwanakomana wechipiri waImad ad-Din Zengi, weTurkey "atabeg" weAleppo neMosul, uyo aive muvengi akazvipira wekuvapo kwevapanduki muSyria. Mushure mekuurayiwa kwababa vake muna 1146, Nur ad-Din nemukoma wake Saif ad-Din Ghazi I vakagovana humambo pakati pavo, naNur ad-Din vachitonga Aleppo naSaif ad-Din Ghazi vachizvisimbisa muMosul. Muganhu pakati poumambo hutsva huviri uhwu wakaumbwa nerwizi rweal-Khabur. Anenge achangotanga kutonga kwake, Nur ad-Din akarwisa Humambo hweAndiyoki, achitora nhare dzinoverengeka kuchamhembe kweSyria, uku panguva imwe chete achikunda kuedza kwaJoscelin II kudzorera County yeEdessa, iyo yakanga yakundwa
naZengi muna 1144. Muna 1146, mushure mekuedza kwevaFrank kutorazve Edessa, Nur ad-Din akauraya vagari vemo veArmenian Christian veguta uye akaparadza masvingo aro, sechirango chekubatsira Joscelin mukuedza uku. Maererano naThomas Asbridge, vakadzi nevana veEdessa vakanga vava varanda.