Sabur al-Saqlabi

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

Originally a palatial slave,[2] he was freed by Al-Hakam II.

[4] He was sent by Hisham II's hadjib Al Mansur to rule as wali of the western province of al-Andalus (Al-Gharb).

[5] He proclaimed himself independent amid the fitna of al-Andalus (1009–1031).

[9] Following his death in 1022,[7] his Aftasid visir, Abd Allah, seized power in the taifa.