Amasis was joined by Badres, who was a Pasargade noble.[1] In one of his works, philologist Edward Pococke associates the Maraphii with the Berhi-pae of Kartakeyu.[2] He took Barca by stratagem and treachery, and made an unsuccessful attempt upon Cyrene. Amasis was able to secure a treaty during this campaign, which he later breached when he captured the Barcaeans.[1] He was then recalled by Aryandes. On its march back, the Persian army suffered severely from the Libyans and a little later it is claimed they appointed the soon to be Egyptian king Amasis II as their leader.[3][4] An account later cited that Cambyses tried to arrange a marriage with the daughter of Amasis but he ended up attacking Egypt when this diplomatic maneuver failed.[5]