 Upon capturing Aleppo in 1025, Salih granted the Munqhidi chieftain, Muqallad ibn Nasr ibn Munqidh, the lands around Shayzar as an "iqṭāʿ" (fief); the town of Shayzar itself was in Byzantine hands, however.With their assignment to Shayzar being in name only, the Banu Munqidh instead used Kafartab as their headquarters.Muqallad died in 1059, after which his son Ali inherited his "iqtaʿ".