Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Akurudzirwa nevakapanduka veHamdanid, mutongi wechiFatimid al-Aziz akatanga kurwisa kwokutanga muna 992, achitungamirirwa nagavhuna weDhamasiko, mukuru mukuru wechiTurkey 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
achirwisa muBulgaria, akanga apindura chikumbiro chaHamdanids chokubatsirwa, uye akayambuka Asia Minor mumazuva gumi namatanhatu bedzi ari pamusoro peboka rehondo revanhu 13 000. Kusvika kwake kamwe kamwe kwakakonzera kutya muuto reFatimid, uye Manjutakin akapisa musasa wake ndokudzokera kuDhamasiko pasina kurwa.