"based on Crete" . "Arab pirates" . "Muslim emirate" . "loss of Crete to the Saracens" . . . . . . "settlement in Crete" . . "Umayyad Caliphate" . "Cretan Saracen" . . . "Emirate of Crete" . "Muslim conquest of Crete" . . . "conquered Crete" . "had been under Muslim rule for almost 150 years" . . . . "captured Crete" . "conquest" . . "Arab rule in Crete" . . . "Emirate of Crete#List of emirs" . "Arab occupation" . "Muslim rule" . . . . . "Arab rule (843\u2013961)" . "complete list" . "Arabs" . . "their own state" . "Emirate of Crete" . "conquest of Crete" . "Crete" . "corsair emirate" . "Arab emirate" . "emirate of Crete" . . . "Byzantine Empire" . . "Emirate of Chandax" . . . . . . "Muslim conquest" . "Crete, Emirate of" . "for 142 years had been occupied and lorded by barbarians" . . "Saracens" . "an emirate" . . "controlled Crete" . . . "rule" . "had been ruled" . . . "Cretan emir" . "Emirate of Crete#Conquest of Crete" . "Cretan" . "piratical emirate" . "Emir of Crete" . .