What the records say
- When
- 960 – 6 Mar 961
- Kind
- Siege
- Coordinates
- 35.34° N, 25.13° E
- Description
- Successful Byzantine siege of Muslim Crete
Siege of Chandax
Successful Byzantine siege of Muslim Crete
The siege of Chandax in 960–961 was the centerpiece of the Byzantine Empire's campaign to recover the island of Crete which since the 820s had been ruled by Muslim Arabs. The campaign followed a series of failed attempts to reclaim the island from the Muslims stretching as far back as 827, only a few years after the initial conquest of the island by the Arabs, and was led by the general and future emperor Nikephoros…
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