 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kuverenga kwaAbbasid kwakaratidza kuti kwakanga kwakarurama, sezvo vakoma vaviri ava vakapedza nguva yakawanda vachipopotedzana. Somuenzaniso, muna 841, Bagrat akaita kuti mabhishopi eArmenia abvise Catholicos weArmenia, John IV, asi akakurumidza kudzorerwa pachigaro chake naSmbat achibatsirwa nemamwe machinda. Kunyange zvakadaro, machinda eArmenia akakwanisa kushandisa kubatikana kweCaliphate nekumukira kweKhurramite kwaBabak Khorramdin kuti vawane huwandu hwakakura hwekuzvitonga panguva ino. Smbat, uyo akanga apedza nguva ari mudare recaliphal ari nhapwa, akanga akangwarira zvikuru pamusoro pekupikisa pachena simba reArabhu kupfuura munununa wake, asi vose vari vaviri vakanga vasisina simba rokutyisidzira zvakakomba kutonga kweAbbasid panguva iyoyo. Nokudaro Bagrat akabatanidzwa muhondo huruweCaliph al-Mutasim achirwisana neByzantine Empire muna 838, uye akatorwa muhondo yeDazimon achirwisana naMambo Theophilos. Muna 841, kune rumwe rutivi, pasi pehutungamiri hwe sparapet Smbat, vaArmenia vakapandukira kugadzwa semutongi wechiKaliphal waKhalid ibn Yazid al-Shaybani, uyo mumabasa ake apfuura akanga asisiri kufarirwa zvikuru pakati pevaKristu nevatongi veArabhu venyika. Vapanduki vakakwanisa kumudzosera kumashure naCaliph uye kumutsiva neasina kusimba uye anochinjika Ali ibn Husayn, uyo maArmenians asina kungoramba kupa mitero yaitarisirwa, asi wavakakurumidza kuvharira muguta rake guru, Bardaa. 