Shu'ayb ibn Umar

Abu ʿAmr Shuʿayb ibn ʿUmar ibn ʿIsā, also Saet (Greek: Σαήτ) or Saïpes (Σαΐπης) in the Byzantine sources, was the second Emir of Crete, ruling ca. 855 – ca. 880.

The surviving records on the internal history and rulers of the Emirate of Crete are very fragmentary. Shu'ayb was the son of the conqueror of Crete and founder of the Emirate of Crete, Abu Hafs Umar. Following the studies of George C. Miles with the aid of numismatic evidence, his reign is tentatively placed from ca. 855 to ca. 880, although a gold dinar struck in his name is dated as late as 894/5. Shu'ayb is also commonly identified with the "Saet" or "Saïpes" of the Byzantine chroniclers, Theophanes Continuatus, John Skylitzes, and Genesios.[1][2][3]

The Byzantine chroniclers report that in ca. 872/3, he sent the renegade Photios to raid the Byzantine Empire, leading to the two heavy defeats of the Cretans at Kardia and the Gulf of Corinth at the hands of the Byzantine admiral Niketas Ooryphas.[3][4] These Byzantine victories apparently led to a temporary truce, and it appears that Shu'ayb was obliged to pay tribute to Byzantium for about a decade.[5] Two of Shu'ayb's sons, Umar and Muhammad, succeeded him.[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1 2 Miles 1964, pp. 11–14.
  2. 1 2 Canard 1986, p. 1085.
  3. 1 2 3 PmbZ, Šu‘ayb (#27429).
  4. ↑ Wortley 2010, pp. 147–148.
  5. ↑ Canard 1986, pp. 1083–1084.

Sources

Preceded by
Abu Hafs Umar		 Emir of Crete
ca. 855 – ca. 880 		Succeeded by
Umar ibn Shu'ayb
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