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Mansur, al- [al-man-soo r] Examples noun
- ʿAbdullāh al-Mansūr, a.d. 712?–775, Arab caliph 754–775: founder of Baghdad 764.
Examples from the Web for mansur Contemporary Examples of mansur
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Historical Examples of mansur
“Nay, rather he who sent you to me should ask forgiveness,” replied Mansur.
Claud Field
Perhaps the life of Mansur al-Hallj is even more interesting.
Frederick Hadland Davis
Mansur could now give his mind to the founding of the new capital.
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But from 758 till 763 Mansur was so occupied with his own affairs that he could not think of further raids.
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Mamun was a man of rare qualities, and one of the best rulers of the whole dynasty after Mansur.
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British Dictionary definitions for mansur Mansur noun
- Abu Ja’far al- (ˈæbuː ˈdzæfə ˈæl). 712–75 ad, 2nd caliph of the Abbasid dynasty (754–75). He founded Baghdad (762) and made it the Islamic capital