Zengids take Aleppo

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1128 Jan 1

Zengids take Aleppo

Aleppo, Syria

The new atabeg of Mosul Imad al-Din Zengi seized Aleppo in 1128. The two major Muslim centres' union was especially dangerous for the neighbouring Edessa, but it also worried Damascus's new ruler, Taj al-Muluk Buri. He quickly became the chief Turkic potentate in Northern Syria and Iraq.

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Zengids take Aleppo