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The first known bearer of the name was Mansur ibn Sarjun, Byzantine governor of Damascus in the late 500s and early 600s, who surrendered the city to the Muslims in 635.

Other people called Mansur include, during the golden Age of Islam:

  • Al-Mansur (714–775), second Abbasid caliph and the founder of Baghdad.
  • Ismail al-Mansur (914–953), third ruler of the Fatimid dynasty ruled from 946 to 953.
  • Mansur Al-Hallaj (858–922), Persian mystic, writer, and teacher of Sufism
  • Almanzor (938–1002), 10th-century ruler of al-Andalus
  • Mansur ibn Ilyas, Timurid physician
  • Mansur Khan (Moghul Khan) (1482/83–1543), a khan of Moghulistan
  • Mansur Shah of Malacca (died 1477), a sultan of Malacca
  • Mansur I of Samanid (died 976), amir of the Samanids
  • Mansur II of Samanid (died 999), amir of the Samanids
  • Mansur ad-Din of Adal (died 1424), 15th-century sultan of Adal.
  • Mansour Zalzal, Iranian musician during the Abbasid period

Imams of Yemen

  • Al-Mansur Yahya (died 976)
  • Al-Mansur Abdallah (1166–1217)
  • Al-Mansur al-Hasan (1199–1271)
  • Al-Mansur an-Nasir (died 1462)
  • Al-Mansur Muhammad, Imam of Yemen (1441–1505)
  • Al-Mansur al-Husayn (1669–1720)
  • Al-Mansur Ali I (1738–1809)
  • Al-Mansur Ahmad (died 1853)
  • Al-Mansur Ali II, Imam of Yemen (1812–1871)
  • Al-Mansur al-Husayn III (died 1888)

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