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Group: Nordgau, March of the
People: Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow
Topic: North Africa, Spanish Conquests in
Location: Valladolid Castilla y Leon Spain

Zengi’s move against Damascus sparks a recognition …

Years: 1140 - 1140

Zengi’s move against Damascus sparks a recognition of their common danger and results in a Jerusalem-Damascus alliance, a kind of diplomacy by now common with the second-generation Franks.

Fulk helps the Muslims of Damascus, under the vizier Mu'in ad-Din Unur, to ward off Zengi's armies in 1140.