 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nezve zvinhu zvayo zveByzantine, kudanana kunotora pakukombwa kwaMaslama kweConstantinople muna 717718, kugadzwa kwenzvimbo yakasimbiswa ye Thughur muganho zoneiyo Malatya yaive imwe yenzvimbo hurupasi pe al-Mansur, kukunda kwaMutasim kweAmoriummuna 838, uye zvakaitwa naamir Amr al-Aqta, uye neshamwari yake yechiPaulician Karbeas, uyo angangodaro ari mufananidzo waYanis. Mukuwedzera, zvinhu zvakawanda zvakatorwa kubva muhondo yezana remakore rechi10 pakati peHamdanid amir Sayf al-Dawla neEastern Roman mauto John Kourkouas naNikephoros Phokas, avo vanozivikanwa sevatambi ve Qarqiyas naTakafur murudo, apo mutongi wechiremera Armanus angangodaro anotaura Romanos Lekapenos. 