Person

Sabur al-Saqlabi

d. 1022 · 11th century

Sabur al-Saqlabi was a Slavic freedman of the Umayyad caliphs of Córdoba who took control of the Lower March of al-Andalus, around Mérida, Badajoz and Lisbon, during the collapse of the caliphate after 1009. On his death in 1022 his vizier Abd Allah ibn al-Aftas seized Badajoz and founded the Aftasid taifa, while his sons are said to have held Lisbon.

Sabur al-Saqlabi
Image: Ángel M. Felicísimo from Mérida, España · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Taifa of BadajozTaifa of Lisbon

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Sabur al-Saqlabi. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/sabur-al-saqlabi
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