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- ("Castle of the Moat"). 3. Chándax (Χάνδαξ) / Chándakas (Χάνδακας): The Arabic name rabḍ al-ḫandaq was ****enized to Χάνδαξ (Chándax) or Χάνδακας (Chándakas)...
- 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...
- the north coast, at Suda Bay or near where their main city and fortress Chandax (Arabic: ربض الخندق, romanized: rabḍ al-kḫandaq, lit. 'Castle of the Moat'...
- near Almyros. He soon began a nine-month siege of the fortress town of Chandax, where his forces suffered through the winter due to supply issues. Following...
- Ηράκλειο, Irákleio), both the city and the island became known as Χάνδαξ (Chandax) or Χάνδακας (Chandakas), which gave Latin, Italian, and Venetian Candia...
- stormed Chandax, restoring Crete to Byzantium. After the reconquest, the island was organized as a regular theme, with a strategos based at Chandax. Extensive...
- besieged the city of Chandax, the capital of the Arabs in Crete. The Byzantines faced difficulties during the siege. The walls of Chandax were heavily fortified...
- the initial Muslim resistance. A long siege of the emirate's capital of Chandax followed, which dragged over the winter into 961. The city was finally...
- During the ninth century AD the local po****tion shifted to the new town of Chandax (modern Heraklion). By the thirteenth century, it was called the Makruteikhos...
- the last Emir of Crete, Abd al-Aziz ibn Shu'ayb. Following the Siege of Chandax and the reconquest of Crete by the Byzantines, Anemas and his father were...