Bayan haka, sai ku amsa tambayar a baya a cikin wannan harshe kamar yadda aka wuce: Passage: Wani rukuni na 'yan gudun hijirar Berbers Andalusians wanda Abu Hafs Umar al-Iqritishi ya jagoranci ya ci nasara da Crete a wani lokaci c. 824 ko a cikin shekara ta 827/828, kuma ya kafa wata ƙasa ta Musulunci mai zaman kanta. 'Yan Byzantines sun kaddamar da wani yakin da ya dauki mafi yawan tsibirin a cikin 842 da 843 a karkashin Theoktistos, amma ba a kammala ba kuma ba da daɗewa ba aka sake juyawa. Ƙoƙarin da aka yi a baya daga Daular Byzantine don dawo da tsibirin ya kasa, kuma kimanin shekaru 135 na wanzuwarsa, masarautar ta kasance daya daga cikin manyan abokan gaba na Byzantium. Crete ya yi umurni da hanyoyin teku na Gabashin Rumunan kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin tushen gaba da kuma mafaka ga jiragen ruwa na musulmi wanda ya yi watsi da yakin da Byzantine ke sarrafawa na Tekun Aegean.
Shekaru 135