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. Kurwiswa kwacho kwakanga kwakanaka zvikuru nguva ino uye nokukurumidza kwakakonzera kushayikwa kukuru kwezvokudya, zvokuti Sa'id al-Dawla akakarakadza kuzviisa pasi. Kutsunga kwaLu'lu' ndiko kwakaita kuti vadziviriri veguta vakwanise kuramba vakashinga kusvikira mambo weByzantium, Basil II, asvika muSiriya muna April 995. Basil, uyo akanga ari kuita mushandirapamwe muBulgaria
, akanga apindura chikumbiro chevaHamdanid chokuti vabatsirwe, uye akayambuka Asia Minor mumazuva gumi nematanhatu chete achitungamirira uto revanhu 13 000. Kusvika kwake kamwe kamwe kwakakonzera kutya muuto reFatimid, uye Manjutakin akapisa musasa wake ndokudzokera kuDhamasiko pasina kurwa.