 Despite this, Kathir was not confident that he could survive a full-scale offensive by Badr and sought a rapprochement with the Abbasids.He released prisoners captured in the battle with Badr's army and offered tribute to Baghdad; the caliphal government accepted this gesture.Just as peace had been established, however, Kathir was assassinated as the result of a conspiracy involving an 'ayyar leader, the commander of his Indian troops, and an officer named Ahmad ibn Qudam.