Certainty: 2 Hassan ibn al-Mufarrij defeated al-Dizbiri, Fatimid governor of Palestine, & recalled Salih Certainty: 2
1029
Certainty: 3 Battle on Jordan between Salih ibn Mirdas & Kalb Arabs: death of Salih Certainty: 3
Certainty: 1 Fort at al-Maniqa was held for Nasr ibn Musharraf, not handed to Byzantines Certainty: 1
1030
Certainty: 2 Hassan ibn al-Mufarrij & Rafi', narrowly defeated by al-Dizbiri, were driven from their homes Certainty: 2
1031
Certainty: 2 Renewed campaign in Syria under Theoktistos & Hassan ibn al-Mufarrij Certainty: 2
1032
Certainty: 2 Fatimid attack on Hassan ibn al-Mufarrij defeated with aid of Rafi' & the Kalb Arabs Certainty: 2
Certainty: 3 Niketas, katepano of Antioch, captured Bikisra'il Certainty: 3
Certainty: 2 Complex preliminaries to negotiations over Byzantine-Fatimid peace treaty
Niketas of Mistheia, the doux of Antioch, who was trying to reduce all the new Muslim forts, and al-Dizbiri, the Fatimid commander, who was on the defensive, were moving towards direct war between the two powers. Niketas was gathering troops at Antioch, while al-Dizbiri was under pressure from the defenders of the forts to attack and divert the Byzantine forces. In an exchange of letters they decided to try negotiations between envoys from the two sides. After more approaches by letter, Romanos III agreed to send two envoys to Antioch, and the caliph al-Zahir was to dispatch two envoys of his own to Damascus. They met near Tortosa to discuss a renewal of their treaty