2. Rabḍ al-ḫandaq (ربض الخندق): In 824 CE, Arab exiles from al-Andalus (Iberia) who conquered Crete and founded the Emirate of Crete moved the island's capital from Gortyna to a new castle they called rabḍ al-ḫandaq ("Castle of the Moat").Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, s.v. "Iḳrīṭish".
2. Rabḍ al-ḫandaq (ربض الخندق) In 824 CE, Arab exiles from al-Andalus (Iberia) wh:o conquered Crete and founded the Emirate of Crete moved the island's capital from Gortyna to a new castle they called rabḍ al-ḫandaq ("Castle of the Moat").Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition, s.v. "Iḳrīṭish".