Diplomatic negotiations at Antioch after the battle

Summary:
As he retreated homewards past Antioch, he received a letter from Nasr of Aleppo and representations on Nasr's behalf from the envoy he had sent to Aleppo and Niketas of Mistheia, the doux of Antioch. Nasr asked to be appointed as the imperial representative to govern Aleppo, as in the days of Basileios II and Konstantinos VIII 
Dates:
1030 
krites (?), envoy of Romanos III to Nasr and Thimal of Aleppo (Anonymus 564)
  • Was asked by Nasr 101 to intervene on his behalf with the emperor (Romanos 3) in order to appoint him as his representative to govern Aleppo (:) وسأل القاضى ... الشفاعة له والمكاتبة عنه بهذا المعنى Yahya al-Antaki 500
Shibl al-Dawla Abu Kamil Nasr ibn Salih ibn Mirdas (Nasr 101)
  • Asked the emperor (Romanos 3) to appoint him to govern Aleppo as his representative, and requested the judge whom he had imprisoned (Anonymus 564) and the new katepano of Antioch Niketas 102 to intervene on his behalf to that effect (:) ... أن يجعله فى حلب كأحد ولاته ... وسأل القاضى ... الشفاعة له ... Yahya al-Antaki 500, 506
  • Wrote to the emperor (Romanos 3) offering his submission and apologizing, asking to be treated in the same way that Basileios 2 and Konstantinos 8 had treated his predecessors, and offering troops for the emperor's campaign in Syria (:) كتب الى الملك يتعبّد له ويستعطفه ويعتذر اليه ويسأله أن يبعده عن عبوديّته وأن يجريه على ما كان أبوه عليه وغيره ممّن ملك حلب مع من تقدّمه من أسلافه الملكين الماضيين باسيل وقسطنطين ويبذل الخدمة له ... Yahya al-Antaki 500, 506
Niketas of Mistheia, doux of Antioch (Niketas 102)
  • Arrived at Antioch and was asked by Nasr 101 to intervene on his behalf with the emperor (Romanos 3) in order to appoint him as his representative to govern Aleppo (:) وورد الى أنطاكية فى الحال قطبان عليها نيقيطا الخادم البطريق الرقطر وسأله أيضًا الشفاعة له Yahya al-Antaki 500
Emperor Romanos III Argyros (Romanos 3)
  • Was offered by Nasr 101 his submission and apologies, troops for his campaign, and was requested to treat him in the same way that Basileios 2 and Konstantinos 8 had treated his predecessors and to appoint him as his representative to rule Aleppo (:) كتب الى الملك يتعبّد له ويستعطفه ويعتذر اليه ويسأله أن يبعده عن عبوديّته وأن يجريه على ما كان أبوه عليه وغيره ممّن ملك حلب مع من تقدّمه من أسلافه الملكين الماضيين باسيل وقسطنطين ويبذل الخدمة له ... Yahya al-Antaki 500