Al-Mansur

al-Mansur المنصور
Khalifah Amir al-Mu'minin
Abbāsid Caliph al-Manṣūr from the genealogy (silsilanāma), "Cream of Histories" (Zübdet-üt Tevarih, 1598)
2nd Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate
Reign	10 June 754 – 6 October 775
Predecessor	al-Saffah
Successor	al-Mahdi
Born	c. 714 al-Humayma, Jordan
Died	6 October 775 (aged 61) near Mecca, Abbasid Caliphate
Burial	al-Ma'lat Cemetery
Consorts	Arwa bint Mansur Hammadah bint Isa Fatimah bint Muhammad Qali-al Farrashah Umm al-Qasim
Issue	Ja'far (b. 742/43) al-Mahdi (b. 744/45) Sulayman Aliyah see more
Names Abu Ja'far Abd Allah ibn Muhammad al-Mansur
Dynasty	Abbasid
Father	Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh
Mother	Sallamah
Religion	Sunni Islam

Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Manṣūr (/ælmænˈsʊər/; Arabic: أبو جعفر عبد الله بن محمد المنصور‎; 95 AH – 158 AH/714 CE – 6 October 775 CE) usually known simply as by his laqab al-Manṣūr (المنصور) was the second Abbasid caliph, reigning from 136 AH to 158 AH (754 CE – 775 CE) succeeding his brother al-Saffah (r. 750–754). 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.^[1]: 265