Afterward, he returned to Hama, and soon after he led his forces to Khilat in Mesopotamia with the intention of capturing the Seljuk-held castle of Manzikert.
This city is located variously by different scholars in the region of Lake Urmia, in that of Lake Van at Malazgirt or at Bostankaya between Malagirt and Patnos or lying west or north of Lake Van.