Sabur al-Saqlabi explained

Sabur al-Saqlabi
Death Date:	1022
Nationality:	Al-Andalusi
Occupation:	First taifa king of Badajoz

Sabur al-Saqlabi (died 1022) was a non-Arab freedman who became the first taifa king of Badajoz.

Originally a palatial slave, he was freed by Al-Hakam II.^[1] The al-Saqlabi from his name means "the Slavic". He is theorized to perhaps have a Persian background, due to Sabur being the arabization of the Persian name Sapor.^[2] He was sent by Hisham II's hadjib Al Mansur to rule as wali of the western province of al-Andalus (Al-Gharb).^[3] He proclaimed himself independent amid the fitna of al-Andalus (1009–1031). Sabur, traditionally loyal to the Umayyads, may have self-proclaimed once the Umayyad caliph was routed by the Hammudids (1016).^[4] Other sources point to 1009^[5] or 1013.^[6] Following his death in 1022, his Aftasid visir, Abd Allah, seized power in the taifa.

Notes and References

1. Revista de Estudios Extremeños. 0210-2854. Fueros y privilegios del Badajoz medieval. 2009. Domené Sánchez. Domingo. 1. LXV. 102.
2. Book: Fletcher, Richard. La España mora. 1992. 2000. 101. 9788489569409.
3. Las parias pagadas a Castilla por la taifa aftasí de Badajoz. Adrián Elías. 44–45. Negro Cortés. Revista de Estudios Extremeños. 0210-2854. 76. 1. 2020.
4. Book: Lourinho, Inês. Fronteira do Gharb al-Andalus: Terreno de Confronto entre Almorávidas e Cristãos (1093-1147). 2020. Centro de História da Universidade de Lisboa. Lisbon. 62. 978-989-8068-27-9.
5. Book: García Fitz, Francisco. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/5545434.pdf. 2003. III Jornada de Historia de Fuente Cantos. 28. La presencia islámica en el occidente de al-Andalus: el sur de Badajoz en la época emiral (ss. VIII-X).
6. Book: Viguera Molins, María Jesús. Los reinos de taifas y el reino aftasí. Badajoz. 2014. Bataliús III. Estudios sobre el reino aftasí. 978-84-9852-429-1.