Sabir al-Fata
Sabir al-Fata ( Arabic صابر الفتى, DMG Ṣābir al-fatā , also known as Damin al-hadim ) was one of the Slavic Saqaliba in the Fatimid Empire of the 10th century.
He had initially been sold as a slave to Ibn Qurhub, the Fatimid governor of Sicily , accepted Islam and was released. In the North African Fatimid Empire he then rose to chamberlain or city prefect ( Amil ) of Kairouan ( Ifrīqiya ) and finally became an admiral .
Between the years 927 and 930 Sabir undertook various attacks and raids from Sicily to Apulia , Calabria and Campania in southern Italy , even as far as the Adriatic . He conquered and plundered Grottole , Taranto and Otranto . The subsequently besieged cities of Naples and Salerno bought his departure with valuable textiles. Eventually Sabir struck a Byzantine fleet in the Adriatic and sacked Termoli . With 12,000 to 18,000 prisoners he returned via Sicily to Ifrīqiya ( Tunisia ).
See also
literature
- Heinz Halm : The Empire of the Mahdi. The rise of the Fatimids (875–973). Beck, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-406-35497-1 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sabir al-Fata |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Damin al-hadim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Slavic admiral in the Fatimid Empire |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 9th century or 10th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 10th century |