Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu na paragraf a - Ndị mmegide Hamdanid gbara ya ume, onye caliph Fatimid al-Aziz malitere mwakpo mbụ na 992, n'okpuru gọvanọ Damaskọs, onye isi ndị Turkey bụ Manjutakin. Onye ọchịagha Fatimid wakporo alaeze ukwu ahụ, merie ndị agha Byzantine n'okpuru "doux" nke Antiọk, Michael Bourtzes, na June 992, ma nọchibido Aleppo. Otú ọ dị, ọ kwadoghị nnọchibido ahụ n'ike, ma obodo ahụ nwere ike iguzogide ya ruo mgbe, n'oge opupu ihe ubi nke 993, mgbe ọnwa iri na atọ nke mkpọsa gasịrị, a manyere Manjutakin ịlaghachi Damaskọs n'ihi enweghị ihe oriri. N'oge opupu ihe ubi nke 994, Manjutakin malitere mwakpo ọzọ, merie Bourtzes ọzọ na Agha nke Orontes, were Homs, Apamea na Shayzar ma nọchibido Aleppo ruo ọnwa iri na otu. Mkpọchi ahụ dị irè karịa oge a ma n'oge na-adịghị anya kpatara oke ụkọ nri, nke mere na Sa'id al-Dawla tụrụ aro ịrara onwe ya nye. Ọ bụ mkpebi siri ike nke Lu'lu' mere ka ndị na-agbachitere obodo ahụ nwee ike iguzogide ruo mgbe eze ukwu Byzantium, bụ́ Basil nke Abụọ, rutere Siria na mberede n'April 995. Basil, onye nọworo na-eme mkpọsa na Bulgaria
, zara arịrịọ Hamdanids maka enyemaka, wee gafee Asia Minor n'ime naanị ụbọchị iri na isii n'isi ndị agha 13,000. Ọbịbịa ya na mberede mere ka ụjọ jide ndị agha Fatimid, Manjutakin gbara ogige ya ọkụ wee laghachi Damaskọs n'enweghị ọgụ.