Complex sentence: A smaller Artuqid emir, Balak ibn Bahram, hire Baldwin to surpress a revolt in Saruj, but the Muslim burghers of the town approached Balduk, who had settled in Edessa as Baldwin's mercenary, to come to their rescue.
Split into simpler sentences: A smaller Artuqid emir, Balak ibn Bahram, hire Baldwin to surpress a revolt in Saruj. The Muslim burghers of the town approached Balduk, who had settled in Edessa as Baldwin's mercenary, to come to their rescue.