page_title: Abu Hafs Umar al-Iqritishi
hierarchical_section_title: Abu Hafs Umar al-Iqritishi
caption_attribution_description: English: The Arabs of Iberia address their leader Apochaps
context_page_description: Umar ibn Hafs ibn Shuayb ibn Isa al-Balluti, surnamed al-Ghaliz and later al-Iqritishi, and usually known as Abu Hafs, was the leader of a group of Andalusian refugees who seized control of Alexandria and, after being expelled from the city by the Abbasids, conquered the Byzantine island of Crete, becoming the first Emir of Crete.
context_section_description: Umar ibn Hafs ibn Shuayb ibn Isa al-Balluti (died 855), surnamed al-Ghaliz ("the Fat") and later al-Iqritishi ("the Cretan"), and usually known as Abu Hafs (أبو حفص, in Greek sources Ἀπόχαψ[ις], Apochaps[is]), was the leader of a group of Andalusian refugees who seized control of Alexandria and, after being expelled from the city by the Abbasids, conquered the Byzantine island of Crete, becoming the first Emir of Crete.
caption: The Andalusians ("the Arabs of Iberia") address their leader Apochaps, miniature from the Madrid Skylitzes manuscript
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