Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Zengi, ɗan Aq Sunqur al-Hajib, ya zama atabeg na Seljuk na Mosul a cikin 1127. Da sauri ya zama babban mai mulkin Turkiyya a Arewacin Siriya da Iraki, yana karɓar Aleppo daga Artuqids masu jayayya a 1128 kuma ya kama County na Edessa daga Crusaders bayan da
kewaye Edessa a cikin 1144. Wannan aikin ya sa Zengi ya zama gwarzo a duniyar Musulmai, amma wani bawa ya kashe shi bayan shekara biyu, a shekara ta 1146.