Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Nur ad-Din akanga ari mwanakomana wechipiri waImad ad-Din Zengi, "atabeg" weTurkey weAleppo neMosul, uyo akanga ari muvengi akazvipira wokuvapo kwevaKristu 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 imwecheteyo achikunda kuedza kwaJoscelin II kudzorera County yeEdessa, iyo yakanga yave
rakakundwa 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.