Al-Mansur Summary

Abu Ja'far Al-Mansur 709-775 Arab ruler, second caliph of the Abbasid dynasty, who fostered learning in astronomy and other disciplines. It was al-Mansur who began construction of the Abbasid c... Read more

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 brothe... Read more