 Shayzar became the center of the Munqidh emirate (principality).The family under Ali soon after faced a siege by the Uqaylids but leveraged their significant wealth to settle with Muslim ibn Quraysh.By the time of Ali's death in 1082, the Banu Munqidh's emirate, now under Ali's son Sadid al-Mulk, extended to the Mediterranean port town of Latakia and included Apamea and a few smaller places, in addition to Shayzar and Kafartab.