Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Tare da mace da yaro suna mulkin Urushalima, yanayin siyasa ya ɗan ɗanɗana; jihohin arewacin giciye na Tripoli, Antakiya, da Edessa sun ƙara tabbatar da 'yancin kansu, kuma babu wani sarki da zai ɗora ikon mallakar Urushalima kamar yadda Baldwin II ko Fulk suka yi. A cikin duniyar musulmi, Zengi ya mallaki arewacin Siriya daga biranen Mosul da Aleppo, kuma yana son ƙara Damascus a kudu zuwa ga ikonsa. A shekara ta 1144, Zengi ya kama Edessa
, wanda ya girgiza Yammacin duniya kuma ya haifar da Crusade na Biyu.