Babdel 1

Prosopography of the Byzantine Empire
SexM
FloruitL IX
Variant Names`Abd Allah
EthnicityArab
LocationsPeloponnesos
Textual SourcesGenesii, Josephi, Regum Libri Quattuor, eds. A. Lesmüller-Werner and I. Thurn, CFHB 14 (Berlin, 1978) (history)

Babdel 1 was the son of Saipes 1, and a relation of Zerkounes (PBE II); under Leo VI (Leo 25) with his own ship he landed on the coast of the Peloponnesos and was defeated by Konstantinos Tesserakontapechys (PBE II): Genesius II 10 (Βάβδελ). His Arabic name was `Abd Allah.

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