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==== Levant ==== * Summer – [[Imad al-Din Zengi]], Seljuk governor (''[[atabeg]]'') of [[Aleppo]] and [[Mosul]], marches on [[Baghdad]] (the capital of the [[Abbasid Caliphate]]), to add it to his dominions. He is defeated by the forces of Caliph [[Al-Mustarshid]], near [[Tikrit]] (modern [[Iraq]]). Zengi flees and escapes, with the help of Tikrit's governor [[Najm ad-Din Ayyub]] (the father of [[Saladin]]), who conveys him across the [[Tigris|River Tigris]].<ref>Steven Runciman (1952). ''A History of The Crusades. Vol II: The Kingdom of Jerusalem'', p. 156. {{ISBN|978-0-241-29876-3}}.</ref>
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