Al-Mansur facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Al-Mansur أبو جعفر عبدالله بن محمد المنصور
Khalīfah Amir al-Mu'minin
Gold dinar of al-Mansur
2nd Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
Reign	10 June 754 – 6 October 775
Predecessor	as-Saffah
Successor	al-Mahdi
Born	714 AD Humeima, Bilad al-Sham (modern-day Jordan)
Died	6 October 775 (aged 61) near Mecca, Abbasid Caliphate (modern-day Saudi Arabia)
Burial	Al-Ma'lat Cemetery
Spouse	List Arwa bint Mansur (Umm Musa) , Hammadah bint Isa, Fatimah bint Muhammad bin Abi Talha, Aliyah bint al-Ummaiyah, Al-Jariyah al-Rummaiyah, Al-Jariyah al-Kurdiyah
Issue	Al-Mahdi
Full name Abu Ja'far Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Mansur
Dynasty	Abbasid
Father	Muhammad ibn Ali
Mother	Sallamah
Religion	Sunni Islam

Al-Mansur or Abu Ja'far Abdallah ibn Muhammad al-Mansur ( Arabic: أبو جعفر عبدالله بن محمد المنصور‎; 95AH – 158 AH (714 AD – 6 October 775 AD) was the second Abbasid Caliph reigning from 136 AH to 158 AH (754 AD – 775 AD) and succeeding As-Saffah. He is known for founding the 'Round City' of Madinat al-Salam which was to become the core of imperial Baghdad.

Modern historians regard Al-Mansur as the real founder of the Abbasid Caliphate, one of the largest polities in world history, for his role in stabilizing and institutionalizing the dynasty.

Images for kids

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  Khorasan and other territories during the Caliphate in 750.

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  Map of Baghdad between 767 and 912 AD. The city was founded by Al-Mansur in 762.

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  Abbasid Silver Dirham of Caliph Al-Mansur 754–775

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  A mancus issued under the Saxon king Offa of Mercia (757–796), copied from a gold dinar of Al-Mansur's reign. It combines the Latin legend OFFA REX with Arabic legends. The date of A.H. 157 (773–774) is readable. British Museum.