Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Akurudzirwa nevakapanduka veHamdanid, Fatimid caliph al-Aziz akatanga kurwisa kwekutanga muna 992, pasi pemubati weDhamasiko, mukuru weTurkey Manjutakin. Mukuru mukuru weFatimid akapinda muumambo, akakunda uto reByzantium raiva pasi pa"doux" weAndiyoki, Michael Bourtzes, muna June 992, uye akakomba Aleppo. Zvisinei, akakundikana kupfuurira nekukomba nesimba, uye guta rakakwanisa kuramba zviri nyore kusvikira, muchirimo cha993, mushure memwedzi gumi nematatu yekurwisa, Manjutakin akamanikidzwa kudzokera kuDhamasiko nekuda kwekushayikwa kwezvinhu. Muchirimo cha994, Manjutakin akatanga kumwe kupinda, zvakare akakunda Bourtzes muHondo yeOrontes, akatora Homs, Apamea naShayzar uye akakomberedza Aleppo kwemwedzi gumi nerimwe. Kurambidzwa kwacho kwakanga kwakanyatsobudirira nguva ino uye nokukurumidza kwakaparira kushayikwa kukuru kwezvokudya. Sa'id al-Dawla akakarakadza kuzviisa kuna Manjutakin, asi chimiro chakatsunga chaLu'lu' chakabvumira vadziviriri veguta kuti varambe varipo kusvikira pakusvika kamwe kamwe kwamambo weByzantine, Basil II, muSyria muna April 995. Basil, uyo akanga ari kuita mushandirapamwe muBulgaria
, akanga apindura chikumbiro cheHamdanids chekubatsira, uye akayambuka Asia Minor mumazuva gumi nematanhatu chete achitungamirira uto revanhu zviuru gumi nezvitatu; kusvika kwake kamwe kamwe kwakakonzera kutya muuto reFatimid: Manjutakin akapisa musasa wake ndokudzokera kuDhamasiko pasina kurwa.