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Early life and accession. [edit] The future al-Mansur was born Isma'il, in early January 914, in the palace city of Raqqada near Kairouan. He was the son of the then heir-apparent and future second Fatimid imam – caliph, Muhammad al-Qa'im bi-Amr Allah (r.934–946), and a local slave concubine, Karima, who had once belonged to the last ...
Abu Tahir Isma'il, better known by his regnal name al-Mansur Billah, was the third caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate in Ifriqiya, ruling from 946 until his death....
Ahmad al-Mansur (Arabic: أبو العباس أحمد المنصور, Ahmad Abu al-Abbas al-Mansur, also Ahmad al-Mansur al-Dahabbi (Arabic: أحمد المنصور الذهبي, lit. 'Ahmad al-Mansur the Golden'), and Ahmed al-Mansour (1549 [ 6 ] – 25 August 1603 [ 7 ] [ 8 ] ) was the Saadi Sultan of Morocco from 1578 to his death ...
Abu ‘Amir, better known by his honorific title, al-Mansur (meaning “the Victorious.” Almanzor in Spanish) was a noble of Arab background from near Algeciras. He manoeuvred his way into power when after becoming a friend of Hisham’s mother, a Christian captive from Navarre. Al-Mansur is best remembered for the numerous, devastating raids (razzias).
Who was al-Mansur and what did he contribute to al-Andalus during his "reign"? Follow his raids -razzias-- into Christian lands. What happened after he died?
Mar 14, 2023 · The Al-Mansur (Victorious) now lays on its side, having capsized after it was struck during the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that ended Saddam's decades of iron-fisted rule.
Aug 21, 2017 · Two of these jets, which featured in the iconic Top-Gun movie, were able to inflict significant damage on AL MANSUR within a matter of seconds, following the tip off from a British military forward command post.
