Christides, Vassilios

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Iqrītish dynasty

by Christides, Vassilios

fromEncyclopaedia of Islam, THREE

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The Iqrītish dynasty (early third/ninth century to 350/961) was a minor dynasty in Crete, established by the Andalusian Abū Ḥafṣ ʿUmar b. Shuʿayb al-Ballūṭī, who led a group of refugees expelled from Andalusia by the amīr al-Ḥakam I (r. 180–206/796–822). Abū Ḥafṣ, also called Ib…

Greek fire

by Christides, Vassilios

fromEncyclopaedia of Islam, THREE

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Greek fire was one of various incendiary weapons, usually thrown by hand, that were used with modest results. A primitive type of Greek fire was used by the Arabs in pre-Islamic times (Christides, Nafṭ, 885), but a well-developed incendiary weapon, frequently called ὑγρὸν πῦρ ( …