The Battle of Qinnasrin took place between the Zengids and the County of Tripoli following a successful campaign against Antioch led by Imad al-Din Zengi.Alptekin, Coskun. "The reign of Zangī (521-541/1127-1146)." PhD diss., SOAS University of London, 1972.
In 1135 Imad al-Din Zengi led a campaign against Antioch during which he captured Atharib, Zardana, Tell Aghdi, Ma’arat al-Nu’man, Ma’arrat Misrin and Kafartab.Baldwin, Marshall W. A History of the Crusades, Volume 1: The First Hundred Years. Vol. 1. University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016.
The Count of Tripoli, Pons, in an attempt to make up for the loss of Ma’arat al-Nu’man and block the road that crossed Syria from north to south, launched an attack on Qinnasrin, however Zengi repelled the attack and the Franks retreated.Mikaberidze, Alexander, ed. Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia, 2 volumes: A Historical Encyclopedia. abc-clio, 2011.Rousset, Marie-Odile. "Hadir, Hadir–Qinnasrin, Qinnasrin, que sait-on de la capitale de la Syrie du Nord au début de l'Islam?." In Residences, Castles, Settlements. Transformation Processes from Late Antiquity to Early Islam in Bilad al-Sham, pp. 355-374. 2006.
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