Complex sentence: Nevertheless, famine in Anatolia and the exigencies of campaigns in southern Italy weakened Kourkouas' forces, and the Armenian campaign of 929 was defeated and driven back by Muflikh-as-Sadji, a relative of the emir of Azerbaijan.
Split into simpler sentences: Nevertheless, famine in Anatolia and the exigencies of campaigns in southern Italy weakened Kourkouas' forces. The Armenian campaign of 929 was defeated and driven back by Muflikh-as-Sadji, a relative of the emir of Azerbaijan.