Complex sentence: Triumphant, Mu'nis now installed al-Qahir as caliph, but the two quickly became estranged as the caliph resumed contacts with the defeated court faction, and the new caliph was soon under confinement in his palace.
Split into simpler sentences: Triumphant, Mu'nis now installed al-Qahir as caliph, but the two quickly became estranged. The new caliph resumed contacts with the defeated court faction, and found himself soon under confinement in his palace.