Against which ruler did John I Tzimiskes wage war in Syria?
Harun al-Rashid
Saladin
Fatimid Caliph
Abd al-Malik
Answer
The Fatimid Caliph was the ruler against whom John I Tzimiskes waged war in Syria. This conflict was part of the ongoing struggle between the Byzantine Empire and the Fatimid Caliphate for control over the strategically important region of Syria. Tzimiskes sought to retake Aleppo and Antioch, which had been captured by the Fatimids a few years earlier
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