Leo of Tripoli | |
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![]() The sack of Thessalonica in 904, from the Madrid Skylitzes | |
Native name | Lāwī Abū'l-Ḥāriṭ, Rashīq al-Wardāmī |
Birth name | Leo |
Nickname(s) | ghulām Zurāfa, Rashīq al-Wardāmī |
Born | Attaleia (modern-day Antalya, Turkey) |
Died | after 921/2 |
Allegiance | Abbasid Caliphate |
Service/ | Abbasid army |
Years of service | before 904 – after 921/2 |
Commands | Admiral, Governor of Tripoli, Deputy governor of Tarsus |
Wars | Arab–Byzantine wars: Sack of Thessalonica |
Leo of Tripoli (Greek: Λέων ὸ Τριπολίτης), known in Arabic as Rashīq al-Wardāmī (رشيق الوردامي), and Ghulām Zurāfa (غلام زرافة), was a Greek renegade and fleet commander for the Abbasid Caliphate in the early tenth century. He is most notable for his sack of Thessalonica, the Byzantine Empire's second city, in 904.