This expedition temporarily broke the Byzantine leaguer around Qaliqala .
Sayf al - Dawla 's preoccupation with his brother 's wars in Iraq over the next years meant that Byzantine was not followed up .
This expedition temporarily broke the Byzantine leaguer around Qaliqala , but Sayf al - Dawla 's preoccupation with his brother 's wars in Iraq over the next years meant that it was not followed up .