Zerdana, which had been slighted by Ilghazi in the campaign of the second battle of Danith, was rebuilt by Baldwin II, as regent of Antioch. Ilghazi, after disaster in Armenia, gathered another army and returned to reconquer Zerdana, which was defended by Joscelin of Edessa, who, on the advice of the patriarch Bernard of Valence led the armies of Antioch and Edessa to Sarmada. Baldwin was also summoned north to assist. But before fighting could begin, Ilghazi had an attack of apoplexy or some similar debilitating condition, and had to break off the siege of Zerdana. Despite attempts to conceal the malady, he died on his litter