Emirate of Crete

The Emirate of Crete was an Arab Islamic state that existed on the Mediterranean island of Crete from the late 820s to the reconquest of the island by the Byzantine Empire in 961. Although the emirate recognized the suzerainty of the Abbasid Caliphate and maintained close ties with Tulunid Egypt, it was de facto independent.

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820 — 961 Emirate of Crete

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Byzantine attack on Crete

Saracen fleet against Crete

Byzantines under Ooryphas ambush and defeat the Cretan Saracens

A monk shows the Cretan Saracens where to build Chandax

The Cretan Saracens defeat the Byzantines under Damianos

Byzantines under Krateros defeat the Cretan Saracens

The Cretan Saracens slay the sleeping Byzantines

Cretan Saracens pursue Krateros and capture and hang him at Kos

The Arabs of Iberia address their leader Apochaps

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	828	Cretan expedition	Byzantine Empire, Emirate of Crete, military expedition	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	873	Battle of the Gulf of Corinth	Byzantine Empire, Emirate of Crete, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	911	Cretan expedition	Byzantine Empire, Emirate of Crete, military expedition	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	949	Cretan expedition	Byzantine Empire, Emirate of Crete, military expedition	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	960	Byzantine reconquest of Crete	Byzantine Empire, Emirate of Crete, military campaign	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	960	Siege of Chandax	Byzantine Empire, siege, Emirate of Crete	Wikidata
event	war	629	Arab–Byzantine wars	Aghlabids, Emirate of Crete, Ghassanids, Mardaites, Emirate of Bari, Hamdanid dynasty, Kingdom of Italy, Umayyad Caliphate, Rashidun Caliphate, series of wars, Medieval Armenia, Mirdasid dynasty, Italian city-state, Muslim Sicily, Byzantine Empire, Abbasid Caliphate, Fatimid Caliphate, First Bulgarian Empire	Wikidata
commons	image		Byzantine attack on Crete		Commons
commons	image		Saracen fleet against Crete		Commons
commons	image		Byzantines under Ooryphas ambush and defeat the Cretan Saracens		Commons
commons	image		A monk shows the Cretan Saracens where to build Chandax		Commons
commons	image		The Cretan Saracens defeat the Byzantines under Damianos		Commons
commons	image		Byzantines under Krateros defeat the Cretan Saracens		Commons
commons	image		The Cretan Saracens slay the sleeping Byzantines		Commons
commons	image		Cretan Saracens pursue Krateros and capture and hang him at Kos		Commons
commons	image		The Arabs of Iberia address their leader Apochaps		Commons