Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Seljuk atabeg na Mosul a 1127. Da sauri ya zama babban shugaban Turkic a Arewacin Siriya da Iraki, yana karɓar Aleppo daga Artuqids masu jayayya a 1128 kuma ya kama County na Edessa daga Crusaders bayan kewaye da Edessa
a shekara ta 1144. Wannan aikin na ƙarshe ya sa Zengi ya zama gwarzo a duniyar Musulmi, amma wani bawan Frank mai suna Yarankash ya kashe shi bayan shekara biyu, a shekara ta 1146.