Wāḍiḥ al-Ṣiqlabī (Arabic: واضح الصقلبي; died November 1011) was a Saqaliba general of the late Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba.
[2][3] In 997, the leader of the Maghrāwa Berber tribe in Africa, Zīrī ibn ʿAṭīya, renounced his allegiance to Córdoba.
In response, al-Manṣūr, the de facto ruler of the Caliphate, dispatched Wāḍiḥ to Africa at the head of a large army in 998 to expand the Umayyad beachhead there, which at the time consisted only of Ceuta.
Together they defeated Zīrī, captured Fez and established an Umayyad administration over all of Morocco, which lasted until the death of al-Manṣūr in 1002.
When Muḥammad alienated the Berbers in the army, many withdrew from the city of Córdoba north towards Calatrava, proclaiming as their caliph Sulaymān ibn al-Ḥakam.
[6] Returning to Córdoba after his defeat, Wāḍiḥ staged a coup d'état with the support of other officers who had once served al-Manṣūr.