The day after the battle outside Ikonion, Manuel made a circuit round the walls and decided that the city was impregnable, without the expenditure of more time and force than he had available (he had heard of the impending Crusade). He allowed his men to fire arrows at the battlements and desecrate tombs - but not that of Mas'ud's mother, for whom he demanded respect. Mas'ud's daughter Kamero lent over the walls and delivered to the Byzantine forces an eloquent defence of her father. Manuel then sent letters to the sultan and his wife, and started homewards