Ka cika wannan magana: A shekara ta 1144, Zengi
ya ci Edessa, wani sansanin soja, wanda ya kai ga sabon yakin basasa daga Turai a 1148. A halin yanzu an kashe Zengi kuma an raba yankinsa tsakanin 'ya'yansa maza, ɗayansu, Nur ad-Din, sarkin Aleppo, ya yi kawance da Damascus. Lokacin da 'yan giciye na Turai suka isa, su da manyan mutanen Urushalima sun yarda su kai wa Damascus hari. Amma faɗuwar da suka yi ba ta yi nasara ba. Lokacin da garin ya yi kama da yana gab da rushewa, rundunar sojojin Crusader ba zato ba tsammani suka koma wani sashi na ganuwar, kuma aka kore su. A shekara ta 1154, Damascus ya kasance a ƙarƙashin ikon Nur ad-Din.