 Sulayman anotanga kunyorwa semutungamiri wehondo yezhizha yekuchamhembe yekurudyi kurwisa Byzantine-inobatwa neAnatolia muna 732, uye zvakare muna 735, 736 ino nguva kupinda muArmenia uye muna 737, asi pane chero mushandirapamwe anoita kunge asina kuita chero chinhu chakakosha. Zvisinei, muna 738 akapamba nhare yeByzantium yainzi Sideroun Iron Fort achitora vasungwa vakawanda, kusanganisira mutungamiriri wayo, Eustathios. Muna 740, akaiswa mutarisiri mukuru wehondo huru zvikuru yakanga yagadzirirwa gore iroro, iyo maererano nebhuku renhoroondo raTheophanes the Confessor yaisvika varume 90 000. Mauto maviri akatanga kutumirwa, rimwe raiva nevarume zviuru gumi vainge vakapakata zvombo zvishoma vaitungamirirwa naAl-Ghamr ibn Yazid raifanira kurwisa kumahombekombe ekumadokero kweAnatolia, uye zviuru makumi maviri vaitungamirirwa naAbdallah al-Battal naAl-Malik ibn Suaib avo vakatevera vakananga kuAkrinon. Mauto makuru evanhu vanenge 60 000 nhamba yacho zvirokwazvo yakawedzeredzwa zvikuru, aitungamirirwa naSulayman, akapinda muKapadhokiya vaine Tyana senharidzano yavo. Sulayman akakundikana kutora guta, uye akadzokera kumusha pashure pokupamba misha. Zvisinei, boka rechipiri rakakundwa muhondo yeAkroinon., kurasikirwa nezvikamu zviviri muzvitatu zvavarume vayo, pamwe chete navatungamiriri vayo. 