 Most sources place his capture in 962 (in November, according to Ibn al-Athir).The Byzantine general Theodore Parsakoutenos led a raid of 1,000 or 1,300 men in the vicinity of Manbij, and when Abu Firas set out with only seventy men to obstruct their plundering, he was captured.Ibn Shaddad reports the story with slight differences, but states that the event took place in 959/960.