Talk:Syrian campaigns of John Tzimiskes

It seems that middle east was a mess in the time: Powers: -Fatimid caliphate in egypt and syria

-Buyid emirate of Irak (controlling the abassid caliph, that didn't have any real power). The buyid emir had little power over his generals however.

- The hamdanid emirate of mosul was independent de facto, and sometimes vassal of the buyids(and the caliph).

-Damascus was under a turkish ex-buyid general (Alptakin), that attacked the fatimids a year before the byzantine invasion. Dont know it was independent, or vassal of the buyids or fatimids at the time of the invasion.

An expert in the matter should fix the mess. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2800:200:F410:1CB3:942D:BB68:6863:4DA5 (talk) 23:34, 4 March 2021 (UTC)