A wani lokaci c. 873 wani Cretan rundunar karkashin renegade Photios ko da shiga cikin Marmara Sea kuma unsuccessfully kai farmaki Proconnesos; karo na farko tun da na biyu Arab Siege na Constantinople a 717<unk>718 cewa wani Musulmi rundunar ya zo haka kusa da Byzantine babban birnin kasar. A kan dawowarsa, duk da haka, ya sha wahala mai nauyi shan kashi a hannun sabon Byzantine admiral, Oetas Sokorias, a Battle of Kardia. Ba da da ewa ba bayan Oetas Sokorias ya sake tilasta Cretans a Gulf na Koranti da kuma ya jagoranci da yawa Arab fursunoni, kai Dalmatian coasts. A wani lokaci c. 873 wani Cretan rundunar karkashin renegade Photios ko da ya shiga cikin Marmara Sea da kuma unsuccessfully kai farmaki Proconnesos; shi ne karo na farko tun da na biyu Arab Siege na Constantinople a 717<unk>718 cewa Musulmi rundunar ya zo haka kusa da Byzantine babban birnin kasar.
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