 During his predominance, Barjawan managed to balance the two factions, fulfilling the demands of the "Mashāriqa" while taking care of the Kutama as well.In this vein, he pardoned Ibn Ammar and restored him his monthly salary of 500 gold dinars.After Bajarwan's murder on 25 March 1000, however, Caliph al-Hakim assumed the reins of government and launched a purge of the Fatimid elites, during which Ibn Ammar and many of the other Kutama leaders were executed.