Mansur

Mansur (Arabic: ‫ﻣﻨﺼﻮر‬, Manṣūr; also spelled Mounsor, Monsur (Bengali),

Mansur
Mansoor, Manser, Mansour, Mansyur (Indonesian) or Mensur) is a male
Arabic name that means "the one who is victorious", from the Arabic root naṣr Pronunciation Arabic: [manˈsˤuːr]
(‫)ﻧﺼﺮ‬, meaning "victory." Gender Male

The first known bearer of the name was Al-Mansur, second Abbasid caliph and Language(s) Arabic
the founder of Baghdad. Origin
Meaning 'Victory'
Other people called Mansur during the golden Age of Islam include:
Region of Arabia
Ismail al-Mansur, third Caliph of the Fatimids origin
Mansur ad-Din of Adal, a sultan of Adal
Other names
Mansur Al-Hallaj, a Persian mystic, writer, and teacher of Sufism
Almanzor, 10th-century ruler of al-Andalus Alternative Mansour, Mansoor
Mansur ibn Ilyas, a Timurid physician spelling
Mansur Khan (Moghul Khan), a khan of Moghulistan
Variant Nasir, Nasser,
Mansur Shah of Malacca, a sultan of Malacca
form(s) Nasri, Nasrallah,
Mansur I of Samanid and Mansur II of Samanid, amirs of the
Samanids Nasir al-Din Victor,
Vincent

Contents
Imams of Yemen
Modern given name
Surname
See also

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

Modern given name

The spelling Mansur is most commonly seen as the Turkic form. While the transliteration Mansoor is typically used by South
Asians. Mansur or Mansour is used in Turkic languages, Iranian languages or Arabic, and Mensur is used in the Bosnian
language.
 Mansur Yavaş Turkish politician and the mayor of Ankara
Mansour bin Mutaib Al Saud Saudi politician
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian cricketer
Mansour al-Balawi, former Al-Ittihad president
Mansoor Al-Shehail, Saudi Arabian professional wrestler
Mansour Al-Thagafi, Saudi Arabian footballer.
Mansoor Ahmed, Pakistani hockey player
Mensur Akgün, Turkish scholar
Mansoor Akhtar, Pakistani cricketer
Mansoor Amjad, Pakistani cricketer
Mansoor Hekmat, Iranian political theorist and activist
Mansoor Ijaz, American commentator and businessman
Mansoor Muhammed Ali Qattaa, Saudi Arabian held in detention in the United States' Guantanamo Bay
detention camps
Mansour (singer), Iranian singer
Mansour F. Armaly, Palestinian-American physician and researcher
Mansour Bahrami, Iranian tennis player
Mensur Bajramović, Bosnian basketball coach
Mansoor Khan, Pakistani film maker
Mensur Suljović, professional darts player
Mensur Kurtiši, Macedonian association football player
Mullah Bakht Mohammed, military commander for Afghanistan's Taliban known as Mansoor Dadullah
Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates
Mansour Leghaei, Iranian Shia Imam and Founder of the Imam Husain Islamic Centre
Mansour Matloubi, Iranian professional poker player
Mansoor Muftah, Qatari football player
Mansour Osanlou, Iranian trade union activist
Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese composer, musician, and producer
Mansour Seck, Senegalese singer and musician
Almanzo Wilder, American farmer, whose first name is a form of al-Manṣūr.
Mansour Zalzal, Abbasid musician and composer
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, nawab of Bengal
Sheikh Mansur, Chechen leader against Catherine the Great's Russia
Mansur Mozaffarov, Russian Tatar composer and pedagogue
Mansurul Haq, Pakistani admiral and Chief of Naval Staff of the Pakistan Navy
Mansoor Zaman, Pakistani professional squash player
Mansyur S., Indonesian Dangdut singer

Surname
Akhtar Mohammad Mansour (1968–2016), leader of the Taliban, in Afghanistan
Agnes Mary Mansour, American political figure and former nun
Ghulam Mansoor, Subedar major, Bhopal state
Misha Mansoor, American musician and founder of the Progressive Metal band Periphery
M. A. Mansoor, Egyptian antiquarian
Maghfoor Mansoor, Pakistani native who was a fugitive in the United States
Adly Mansour, acting President of Egypt
Ahmed Subhy Mansour, Egyptian cleric
Ali Mansur, prime minister of Iran
Belal Mansoor Ali, Bahraini runner from Kenya
Richard Mansour, better known as Dick Dale, Lebanese-American guitarist
Gueye Mansour, Senegalese footballer
 Hassan-Ali Mansur, Iranian politician and prime minister
Hend Al-Mansour, Saudi Arabian-American artist
Josh Mansour, Australian Rugby League player
Jossy Mansur, Aruban newspaper editor of Lebanese descent
Joyce Mansour, British born Egyptian Surrealist poet who also wrote in French
Mallikarjun Mansur, Indian classical singer
Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politician and prime minister
Mustafa Mansour, Egyptian footballer
Nishat Monsur, British-Bangladeshi singer-songwriter and producer
Peter R. Mansoor, Palestinian American Army colonel, executive officer to Gen. Petraeus during Iraq War troop
surge of 2007
Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour, Egyptian street gang leader and serial killer
Reda Mansour, Israeli writer, historian and diplomat
Shadia Mansour, British born Palestinian singer
Sheikh Mukhtar Robow, leader and spokesman for Somalia's al-Shabaab known as Abu Mansur
Shoaib Mansoor, Pakistani film producer, director, writer, lyricist, and composer
Sliman Mansour, Palestinian painter
Toufik Mansour, mathematician
Ustad Mansur, Mughal painter from India

See also
Al-Mansur (disambiguation)
Manzur, an unrelated name
Mansura (disambiguation)

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