MILITARY PERSONNEL

Leo of Tripoli

900 - 1000

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leo of Tripoli is the 981st most popular military personnel (up from 1,329th in 2019), the 752nd most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 885th in 2019) and the 20th most popular Turkish Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Leo of Tripoli ranks 981 out of 2,058. Before him are Maria Bochkareva, Federico Gravina, Paik Sun-yup, Hans von Obstfelder, Yağısıyan, and Yazid ibn al-Muhallab. After him are Manshuk Mametova, Gainas, Burkhard Christoph von Münnich, Juliusz Rómmel, Lala Şahin Pasha, and Pavel Rybalko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 900, Leo of Tripoli ranks 37. Before him are Indravarman I, Fajsz, Braslav, Duke of Lower Pannonia, Mojmir II of Moravia, Giric, and Rorik of Dorestad. After him are Gilbert, Duke of Burgundy, Ohthere of Hålogaland, Sunyer, Count of Barcelona, Naddodd, Æthelred II of Northumbria, and Ibn Wahshiyya. Among people deceased in 1000, Leo of Tripoli ranks 15. Before him are Ælfthryth, wife of Edgar, Harthacnut I of Denmark, García Sánchez II of Pamplona, Henry of Speyer, Joseph Genesius, and Bertha of Swabia. After him are Þorbjörn Hornklofi, Abu Sulayman Sijistani, Constantine of Preslav, Mara Takla Haymanot, John Kaminiates, and Ōshikōchi no Mitsune.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Leo of Tripoli ranks 752 out of 1,347. Before him are Theon of Smyrna (70), Severus of Antioch (456), Germanus V of Constantinople (1835), Alcidamas (-450), Constantine Manasses (1130), and Dolon (null). After him are Gainas (400), Lala Şahin Pasha (1330), Mustafa Çelebi (1380), Kıvanç Tatlıtuğ (1983), Modestus of Jerusalem (537), and Şenol Güneş (1952).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Türkiye

Among military personnels born in Türkiye, Leo of Tripoli ranks 20. Before him are Justinian (525), Kemal Reis (1451), Artabazos I of Phrygia (-600), Sosthenes of Macedon (-400), Solomon (401), and Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha (1838). After him are Gainas (400), Lala Şahin Pasha (1330), Ivan Isakov (1894), Manuel Erotikos Komnenos (901), Alexios Apokaukos (1250), and Tatikios (1100).

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