The Conquest of Crete
فتح إقريطش
c. 824 CE · c. 209 AH† †
† Hijri date derived by computation from the Gregorian/Julian date; it may differ from the transmitted date by a day or two.
In al-Baladhuri: Janada raided Crete; in al-Walid's time part of it was opened then it closed; Humayd ibn Ma'yuf al-Hamdani raided it in al-Rashid's caliphate and opened part; then in al-Ma'mun's caliphate Abu Hafs Umar ibn Isa al-Andalusi — known as al-Iqritishi — raided it, opened a single fortress and settled it, then kept opening bit by bit until no Romans remained in it and he ruined their fortresses.
At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Anatolia
- Review
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In time
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Connections
- Had participant
- أبو حفص الإقريطشي· حميد بن معيوف الهمداني· جنادة بن أبي أمية الأزدي· عبد الله المأمون بن هارون الرشيد
- Occurred at
- إقريطش
People and things also explored
إحصاء أولاد العباس سنة مئتين· عهد المأمون إلى علي الرضا· وقعة طاهر بن الحسين مع علي بن عيسى· The Conquest of Arwad· The Conquest of Rhodes and the Demolition of Its Fort· بيعة هارون الرشيد· الفداء العام وفتوحات سنة 190· قسمة الخلافة بين أبناء الرشيد
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “The Conquest of Crete”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/conquest-of-iqritish/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-13.