al-Mansur
714 CE–775 CE · Baghdad
Al-Mansur (c. 714–775) was the second Abbasid caliph, ruling from 754 to 775, and is often regarded by historians as the true organizer of the dynasty's power. In 762 he founded a new capital at Baghdad, which grew into one of the major cities of the medieval world. He suppressed a series of revolts, including those of rival family members and Alid claimants, and stabilized the administration before his death in 775.
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Thinkers, teachers, and rulers whose lives overlapped with al-Mansur’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.
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Rulers world
- Yaxun Bahlam IV (Bird Jaguar IV)· 709 CE–
- Constantine V· 718 CE–775 CE
- K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat (Cauac Sky)· –785 CE
- al-Saffah (Abu al-Abbas)· 721 CE–754 CE
- Abd al-Rahman I· 731 CE–788 CE
- al-Walid II· 709 CE–744 CE
- al-Mahdi· 744 CE–785 CE
- Emperor Xuanzong of Tang· 685 CE–762 CE
- K'ak' Tiliw Chan Chaak (Smoking Squirrel)· 688 CE–
- Marwan II· 691 CE–750 CE
- Emperor Kanmu· 737 CE–806 CE
- K'inich Ahkal Mo' Nahb III· 678 CE–
- Leo III the Isaurian· 685 CE–741 CE
- Hisham I· 757 CE–796 CE
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