Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Zengi, ina Aq Sunqur al-Xaajiib, wuxuu noqday Seljuk atabeg ee Mosul sanadkii 1127. Wuxuu si dhakhso leh u noqday madaxa Turkiga ee Waqooyiga Siiriya iyo Ciraaq, isagoo Aleppo ka qaatay Artuqids ee isku haysta 1128 wuxuuna qabsaday Degmada Edessa oo ka timid Ciidamada Saliibiga ah kadib go'doomintii Edessa
sanadka 1144 Dagaalkan danbe wuxuu ka dhigay Zengi halyeey caalamka muslimiinta, laakiin waxaa dilay addoon laba sano kadib, sanadkii 1146.