Qualla: Battle of Kardia https://qualla.com/battle-of-kardia en-us © 2026 Bendyline Thu, 23 Jul 2026 20:34:08 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/s/x/5/n/battle-of-kardia-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Kardia https://qualla.com/battle-of-kardia Battle of Kardia: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-kardia/ Photo credit Geographic map of Balkan Peninsula.svg: Ikonact (talk · contribs) derivative work: Buli (talk), CC BY-SA 4.0. When a Cretan fleet of more than fifty warships appeared in the Propontis in the ninth century, it was the most alarming naval intrusion near Constantinople since the great Arab siege of 717–718. The man leading that fleet was Photios, described by the chronicler Theophanes Continuatus as "a warlike and energetic fellow" — a Greek renegade who had entered the service of the emirate of Crete and proved himself capable. He had plundered the Aegean shores, taken captives, and now pushed through the straits almost to the capital itself. The Byzantine response, when it came, arrived off the headland of Kardia at the mouth of the Gulf of Saros, and it was final.

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/x/5/n/battle-of-kardia-wp/sx5n-battle-of-kardia-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Kardia: The Emirate That Raided the Aegean https://qualla.com/battle-of-kardia/ Photo credit Geographic map of Balkan Peninsula.svg: Ikonact (talk · contribs) derivative work: Buli (talk), CC BY-SA 4.0. In the ninth century, Crete was not a quiet Mediterranean island but the base of an Arab emirate that had made seaborne raiding into an organized campaign. The emirate had been founded by Abu Hafs, and by the early reign of Emperor Basil I the Macedonian, his son Shu'ayb was send...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/x/5/n/battle-of-kardia-wp/sx5n-battle-of-kardia-the-emirate-that-raided-the-aegean.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Kardia: Greek Fire in the Gulf of Saros https://qualla.com/battle-of-kardia/ Photo credit Geographic map of Balkan Peninsula.svg: Ikonact (talk · contribs) derivative work: Buli (talk), CC BY-SA 4.0. The Byzantine droungarios of the Fleet — the senior naval commander — was Niketas Ooryphas. He intercepted the Cretan fleet in the waters off Kardia, where the ancient city of that name overlooked the Gulf of Saros at the northern end of the Gallipoli Peninsula. The weapon that d...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/x/5/n/battle-of-kardia-wp/sx5n-battle-of-kardia-greek-fire-in-the-gulf-of-saros.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Kardia: The Second Raid and Its End https://qualla.com/battle-of-kardia/ Photo credit Geographic map of Balkan Peninsula.svg: Ikonact (talk · contribs) derivative work: Buli (talk), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photios was not finished. Some time after his defeat off Kardia, he led a second expedition against Greece. Niketas Ooryphas caught up with him again. This encounter, possibly in the Gulf of Corinth, destroyed Photios's fleet completely and killed him. The sequence of two defeats...

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]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/x/5/n/battle-of-kardia-wp/sx5n-battle-of-kardia-the-second-raid-and-its-end.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Kardia: The Waters Off Kardia Today https://qualla.com/battle-of-kardia/ Photo credit Geographic map of Balkan Peninsula.svg: Ikonact (talk · contribs) derivative work: Buli (talk), CC BY-SA 4.0. The Gulf of Saros opens northward from the Gallipoli Peninsula, a broad sweep of blue water bounded by low hills on three sides. The ancient city of Kardia once commanded its entrance from the western shore, a position that made it a natural choke point for naval traffic moving b...

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