 However, Sabiq's succession was opposed by the other members of the Mirdasid house and the Banu Kilab tribe to whom they belonged who favored Sabiq's brother Waththab.After a number of major battles between the opposing sides and amid severe famine in Aleppo, Muslim ibn Quraysh, the Uqaylid emir of Mosul saw an opportunity to take the city.In the aftermath of his entry into Aleppo in 1080 and the refusal of the Mirdasids to surrender the citadel, Ali intervened to mediate between the two sides.