 The emirs of Qal'at Ja'bar played a similar diplomatic role as the Banu Munqidh and both families were described in the Syrian "Chronicon, A.C. 1234" as "a good sort of people, friendly to all and good mediators at any time".The Banu Munqidh often provided asylum for refugees and exiles.In 1041, they gave temporary refuge in Kafartab to the Fatimid governor of Syria, Anushtakin al-Dizbari, when he was ousted from Damascus and then escorted him safely to the Citadel of Aleppo.