When Zanki offered to free all his prisoners (including Raymond of Tripoli) and allow the defenders to go free, Fulk accepted. After Montferrand was surrendered, Zanki treated his captives well and set them free. Fulk found that relief armies under Raymond of Antioch, Joscelin II of Edessa and the patriarch of Jerusalem William of Messines were close by, and had probably helped to inspire Zanki's generosity. Fulk thanked them, and all went home