Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - William na Taya ya bayyana Fulk a matsayin soja mai iyawa da ƙwararren ɗan siyasa, amma ya lura cewa Fulk bai kula da kare jihohin da ke arewa ba. Ibn al-Qalanisi (wanda ya kira shi "al-Kund Anjur", fassarar Larabci na "Count of Anjou") ya ce "ba shi da hankali a cikin hukuncinsa kuma bai yi nasara ba a cikin mulkinsa". Zengids sun ci gaba da tafiya a kan jihohin da aka yi, wanda ya kai ga faduwar gundumar bayan (duba Siege na Edessa
a shekara ta 1144, wanda ya kai ga Crusade na biyu.