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 | | After the fall of Antioch in 1098 the area of Aleppo, under Crusader control, was cut off from the coast, while the city, under the ineffectual leadership of the Seljuk governor Ridwan, fell to a coalition of orthodox Muslim qadi, or religious leaders, headed by Ibn Khashad, which included the fighters from Mosul. |
 | | In retaliation, the city was besieged by Crusaders under the senior Jocelyn of Brakelond, known to Crusaders as "Jocelyn of Edessa". |
 | | At Mosul, however, one of Malik Shah's Kurdish slaves, Zangi, founded the Atabeg, or Atabek ("Father of the Prince") dynasty, in 1127, which took to zealous battle against the Crusaders and in effect made Aleppo its center of resistance. |
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