Bahdal's sons and grandsons served as commanders on the Umayyad side against Ali's partisans during the Battle of Siffin in 657, one of the principal sources of military power in Syria, for maintaining his foothold in Syria.
Bahdal's sons and grandsons served as commanders on the Umayyad side against Ali's partisans during the Battle of Siffin in 657. This was for. Bahdal's sons and grandsons were maintaining his foothold in Syria. Siffin in 657 was one of the principal sources of military power in Syria.