was captured, and the territories of the Principality of Antioch were greatly reduced.

Conquests

After the defeats of the Seljuk Empire in Khorasan and the death of the Seljuk ruler Ahmad Sanjar in 1157, the Zengids remained nominally under Seljuk suzerainty, but in practice became essentially independent.

In the 1160s, Nur ad-Din's attention was mostly

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