Buuxi weedha soo socota: Zengi, ina Aq Sunqur al-Xaajiib, wuxuu noqday Seljuk atabeg ee Mosul sanadkii 1127. Wuxuu si dhakhso ah u noqday madaxa Turkiga ee Waqooyiga Siiriya iyo Ciraaq, isagoo Aleppo ka qaatay Artuqids ee isku khilaafsan 1128 wuxuuna qabsaday Degmada Edessa oo ka timid Ciidamada Saliibiyiinta kadib
go'doominta Edessa sanadkii 1144. Dagaalkan danbe wuxuu ka dhigay Zengi halyeey caalamka muslimiinta, laakiin waxaa dilay addoon laba sano kadib, sanadkii 1146.