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- Only five years after their victory, as-Saffah died, and al Mansur became caliph. He was ruthless to his enemies and not altogether trustworthy to his allies. He put down several revolts, eliminated most of the members of the movement that brought the Abbasids to power, and even had the man who helped him become caliph, Abu Muslim, killed.
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Al-Mansur's brother al-Saffah began asserting his claim to become caliph in the 740s and became particularly active in Khorasan, an area where non-Arab Muslims lived. After the death of the Umayyad caliph Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik in 743 a period of instability followed.
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Also known as: Abu Ja'far Abd Allah Al-mans ur Ibn Muhammad, al Mansur or Al Mans urOccupation:CaliphPlaces of residence and influence:Asia and ArabiaDied:Oct. 7, 775Al Mansur's father Muhammad was a prominent member of the Abbasid family and the great-grandson of the revered Abbas; his mother was an enslaved Berber. His brothers led the Abbasid family while the Umayyads were still in power. The elder, Ibrahim, was arrested by the last Umayyad caliph and the family fled to Kufah, in Iraq. There al Mansur's othe...
But the most significant and long-lasting achievement of al Mansur is the establishment of his capital at the brand new city of Baghdad, which he called the City of Peace. A new city removed his people from troubles in partisan regions and housed an expanding bureaucracy. He also made arrangements for succession to the caliphate, and every Abbasid ...
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Al-Mansur was the second caliph (ruler) of the ʿAbbasid dynasty, which ruled over the eastern Islamic world from 750 to 1258. He reigned from 754 to 775. Most historians consider him the real founder of the dynasty because he unified the empire’s power.
Abu Jafar ibn Muhammad al-Mansur (712-775) was the second caliph and real founder of the Arab Abbasid dynasty. Abu Jafar, later al-Mansur, was the son of a Berber slave girl called Sallama and a brother of the first Abbasid caliph, Abu al-Abbas al Saffah.
Al-Mansur was designated to succeed his brother, and did so in 754, becoming the 2nd caliph of his dynasty and the 17th since Muhammad's death. Since all subsequent Abbasid caliphs descended from his lineage, he can effectively be considered to have founded the dynasty.
Abu Yusuf Yaʿqub al-Mansur (“the Victorious”) became Almohad caliph in 1184 after his father’s death. His ambition to expand his Andalusian kingdom was thwarted by the ... From: Mansur, Abu Yusuf Ya ʿqub al- in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology »
Al-Mansur became a key player in the uprising against the Umayyads and played a crucial role in the Abbasid Revolution that overthrew the Umayyad dynasty in 750 CE. He was elected as the second Abbasid Caliph in 754 CE, succeeding his predecessor, Abu al-‘Abbas al-Saffah.
