Complex sentence: Hubāsa takes Barqah (modern-day Benghazi), the ancient capital of Cyrenaica, the Abbasid governor withdraws to Egypt, before the superior strength of the Fatimids.
Split into simpler sentences: Hubāsa takes Barqah (modern-day Benghazi), the ancient capital of Cyrenaica. The Abbasid governor withdraws to Egypt, before the superior strength of the Fatimids.