Attacks from Muslim fleets repeated in 703, 728, 729, 730, 731, 733 and 734, the last two times meeting with a substantial Byzantine resistance.
In 654, the Muslim fleet continued unopposed to the island of Rhodes.
The loot from the Ganj-i-sawai, the greatest ship in the Muslim fleet, totaled somewhere between £200,000 and £600,000, including 500,000 gold and silver pieces.
At about the same time, the Muslim fleet of Tarsus was destroyed off Chalcis.
After the Umayyad conquest of Africa (completed around 700), attacks from Muslim fleets repeated in 703, 728, 729, 730, 731, 733, and 734.
They may be expecting to meet another overconfident Muslim fleet, all numbers and bravery.
James I's forces were not bothered by the threat of early conflict with the Muslim fleet, in case it arose.
The Muslim fleet sailed down the Red Sea and caught the Frankish ships at anchor.
The new type of galley descended from the ships used by Byzantine and Muslim fleets in the early Middle Ages.
The returning Muslim fleet suffered further losses due to storms, while the army lost many men to the thematic armies who attacked them on their route back.