 Reggio was captured on 10 July, and was subjected to a savage sack; a vast booty was collected, over 15,000 of its inhabitants were carted off as slaves, and the "jizya" imposed on the remainder.On his return to Sicily, Abu'l-Abbas came across a Byzantine fleet that had just arrived from Constantinople and thoroughly defeated it, capturing thirty of its vessels.In early 902, Emir Ibrahim II was forced into abdication by his subjects, through the intervention of the Abbasid caliph.