He had joined the staff of the general and had gone away south, through Kara-hissar, to adana and Aleppo to Damascus.
"Command"
William McFee
Whilst he was occupied in the interior of Asia Minor, the Governor of Damascus had defeated Mustapha, son of the Prince of Karaman, and the Prince Ibrahim of Ramadhan, near adana, which latter town, as well as Tarsus, he had re-conquered.
"History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12)"
S. Rappoport
The years 964 and 965 were spent in achieving the former object: three long sieges made him master of the great Cilician frontier fortresses, adana, Mopsuestia, and Tarsus.
"The Byzantine Empire"
Charles William Chadwick Oman