Al-Mansur

E94166
Abbasid caliph Muslim ruler historical figure

Al-Mansur was the second Abbasid caliph who consolidated the Abbasid dynasty’s power and established Baghdad as its capital, making it a major political and cultural center of the Islamic world.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
al-Mansur 8
Al-Mansur canonical 5
al-Manṣūr 3

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Abbasid caliph ⓘ
Muslim ruler ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
birthPlace Bilad al-Sham@ar ⓘ
surface form: Bilad al-Sham

al-Humayma ⓘ
birthYear 714 ⓘ
branchOfIslam Sunni Islam ⓘ
brother as-Saffah ⓘ
surface form: As-Saffah
burialPlace Makkah Province ⓘ
surface form: Mecca region
caliphate Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
capitalEstablished Baghdad ⓘ
capitalOfCaliphate Baghdad ⓘ
deathCause illness ⓘ
deathPlace near Mecca ⓘ
deathYear 775 ⓘ
dynasty Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
surface form: Abbasid dynasty
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Islamic Golden Age (early phase)
ethnicOrigin Arabs ⓘ
surface form: Arab
father Muhammad ibn Ali al-Abbasi ⓘ
founded Baghdad ⓘ
surface form: City of Baghdad
fullName Al-Mansur self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Abu Jaʿfar ʿAbdallah ibn Muhammad al-Mansur
house House of Abbas ⓘ
implementedPolicy centralization of tax collection ⓘ
curbing influence of military factions ⓘ
strengthening of the bureaucracy ⓘ
knownFor developing Baghdad as a planned city ⓘ
fiscal and administrative reforms ⓘ
strengthening Abbasid authority over the empire ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
madeBaghdadCulturalCenterOf Islamic world ⓘ
madeBaghdadPoliticalCenterOf Islamic world ⓘ
notableFor administrative centralization ⓘ
consolidation of Abbasid power ⓘ
promotion of scholarship ⓘ
suppression of revolts ⓘ
positionHeld Caliph ⓘ
second Abbasid caliph ⓘ
predecessor as-Saffah ⓘ
surface form: As-Saffah
regnalName Al-Mansur self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: al-Mansur
reignEnd 775 ⓘ
reignStart 754 ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
son al-Mahdi ⓘ
surface form: Al-Mahdi
successor al-Mahdi ⓘ
surface form: Al-Mahdi
territorialControl Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Khorasan ⓘ
surface form: Khurasan

parts of Persia ⓘ
parts of the Levant ⓘ
tribalAffiliation Banu Hashim ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baghdad → founder → Al-Mansur ⓘ
al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib → notableDescendants → Al-Mansur ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Mansur
as-Saffah → sibling → Al-Mansur ⓘ
subject surface form: As-Saffah
this entity surface form: al-Manṣūr
as-Saffah → successor → Al-Mansur ⓘ
subject surface form: As-Saffah
this entity surface form: al-Manṣūr
Al-Mansur → fullName → Al-Mansur self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu Jaʿfar ʿAbdallah ibn Muhammad al-Mansur
Al-Mansur → regnalName → Al-Mansur self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Mansur
Early Islamic period → hasKeyFigure → Al-Mansur ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Mansur
Umayyad–Abbasid conflict → significantFigure → Al-Mansur ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Mansur
House of Abbas → notableRuler → Al-Mansur ⓘ
Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh → child → Al-Mansur ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Manṣūr
Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd Allāh → notableDescendant → Al-Mansur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abū Jaʿfar al-Manṣūr
al-Amin → paternalGreatGrandfather → Al-Mansur ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Mansur
Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad → successor → Al-Mansur ⓘ
Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad → relative → Al-Mansur ⓘ
Abu al-ʿAbbās ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad → brother → Al-Mansur ⓘ
al-Mahdi → fullName → Al-Mansur ⓘ
this entity surface form: Abu Abdallah Muhammad ibn Abdallah al-Mansur
al-Mahdi → predecessor → Al-Mansur ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Mansur
al-Mahdi → father → Al-Mansur ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Mansur
Zubayda bint Jaʿfar → grandfather → Al-Mansur ⓘ
this entity surface form: al-Mansur