Mansour ( ar, منصور, Manṣūr); also spelled Mounsor, Monsur (Bengali), Mansoor, Manser, Mansur, Mansyur (Indonesian) or Mensur (Turkish), is a male Arabic name that means "He who is victorious", from the Arabic root '' naṣr'' (نصر), meaning "victory." The first known bearer of the name was Al-Mansur, second

Abbasid caliph The Abbasid caliphs were the holders of the Islamic title of caliph who were members of the Abbasid dynasty, a branch of the Quraysh tribe descended from the uncle of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib. The family came ...

and the founder of

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesipho ...

. Other people called Mansour during the golden Age of Islam include: * Ismail al-Mansur, third ruler of the Fatimid dynasty ruled from 946 to 953. * Mansur Al-Hallaj, Persian mystic, writer, and teacher of Sufism * Almanzor, 10th-century ruler of al-Andalus *

Mansur ibn Ilyas Manṣūr ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf Ibn Ilyās () was a late 14th century and early 15th century Persian physician from Shiraz, Timurid Persia, commonly known for his publication of the colored atlas of the human body, Mansur’s An ...

, Timurid physician * Mansur Khan (Moghul Khan), a khan of Moghulistan * Mansur Shah of Malacca, a sultan of Malacca * Mansur I of Samanid and

Mansur II of Samanid Abu'l-Harith Mansur II ( fa, منصور دوم سامانی) was Amir of the Samanids (997–999). He was the son of Nuh II. Biography Mansur II was still young when he succeeded his father as amir. His short reign was marked by his inabil ...

, amirs of the Samanids *

Mansur ad-Din of Adal Mansur ad-Din ( ar, منصور اد الدين) (died 1424) was a Sultan of the Sultanate of Adal and a son of Sa'ad ad-Din II. Reign On the death of his brother Sabr ad-Din III, Sultan Mansur succeeded the throne and enjoyed support of his ...

, 15th-century sultan of Adal.

Imams of Yemen

Al-Mansur Yahya Al-Mansur Yahya (died 976) was an imam of the Zaidi state in Yemen, whose tenure as imam is counted from 934 to 976. Yahya bin Ahmad was the fifth son of the imam an-Nasir Ahmad, and the grandson of the founder-imam al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya. Ev ...

(d. 976) *

Al-Mansur Abdallah Al-Mansur Abdallah (February 24, 1166 - April 21, 1217), was an imam of the Zaidi state in Yemen who held the imamate from 1187 (or 1197) to 1217. Background Abdallah bin Hamzah was born in the village Ayshan in the territory of the Hamdan tribe. ...

(1166-1217) *

Al-Mansur al-Hasan Al-Mansur al-Hasan (1199–1271) was an imam of the Zaidi state of Yemen who ruled in 1262–1271. Al-Hasan bin Badr ad-Din came from the same family as imam al-Hadi Yahya (d. 1239). When the former imam Yahya bin Muhammad as-Siraji Yahya bin Muh ...

(1199–1271) *

Al-Mansur an-Nasir Al-Mansur an-Nasir (died 1462) was an imam of the Zaidi state in Yemen who held power in parts of the northern Yemeni highland in 1436–1462. The old imam al-Mansur Ali bin Salah ad-Din died from the plague in 1436. His position was then claime ...

(d. 1462) * Al-Mansur Muhammad, Imam of Yemen (1441-1505) *

Al-Mansur al-Husayn Al-Mansur al-Husayn (1669–1720) was an Imam over parts of Yemen, who ruled in rivalry with other competitors in 1716–1720. He belonged to the Qasimid family who dominated the Zaidi imamate of Yemen in 1597–1962. Al-Husayn bin al- ...

(1669 - 1720) *

Al-Mansur Ali I Al-Mansur Ali I (1738 – 25 October 1809) was an Imam of Yemen who ruled in 1775–1809. He belonged to the Qasimid family, descended from the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, which dominated the Zaidi imamate in 1597–1962. Early reign Ali bin Abba ...

(1738-1809) *

Al-Mansur Ahmad Al-Mansur Ahmad (died 1853) was a Zaydiyya imam who claimed the rulership over Yemen in the years 1849–1853. His strife-ridden career spelt the end of the Zaydi Imamate of Yemen as a coherent force. Background of the rebellion In the 19th cen ...

(d. 1853) *

Al-Mansur Ali II, Imam of Yemen Al-Mansur Ali II (1812–1871) was an Imam of Yemen who reigned in the capital San'a during four brief terms (1835–1837, 1844–1845, 1849–1850, 1851). He belonged to the Qasimid family, descended from the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, which dom ...

(1812 - 1871) *

Al-Mansur al-Husayn III Al-Mansur al-Husayn III (died 1888) was a claimant to the dignity of imam of Yemen in 1859–1863, wielding power in intense rivalry with other self-proclaimed imams. Al-Husayn bin Muhammad bin al-Hadi, known by the title al-Mansur, emerged at a t ...

(d.1888)

Modern given name

''Mansur'' or ''Mansour'' is used in

Turkic languages The Turkic languages are a language family of over 35 documented languages, spoken by the Turkic peoples of Eurasia from Eastern Europe and Southern Europe to Central Asia, East Asia, North Asia (Siberia), and Western Asia. The Turkic l ...

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and Arabic, while the transliteration ''Mansoor'' is typically used by

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ns, and ''Mensur'' is used in the Bosnian language.

Mansur

* Mansur Yavaş, Turkish politician and the mayor of Ankara * Sheikh Mansur, Chechen leader against Catherine the Great's Russia *

Mansur Mozaffarov Mozaffarov Mansur Äxmät ulı (pronounced ), Mansur Mozaffarov; Tatar Cyrillic: Мозаффаров Мансур Әхмәт улы; russian: Музафа́ров Мансу́р Ахме́тович, Muzafarov Mansur Akhmetovich; 1902 – ...

, Russian Tatar composer and pedagogue *

Mansur Abdulin Mansur Gizatulovich Abdulin (russian: Мансур Гизатулович Абдулин; 14 September 1923 – 2007) was a Soviet memoirist and soldier who was decorated for his efforts during World War II. Born in Anzherka, Kemerovo Oblast i ...

, Soviet memoirist and soldier

Mensur

Mensur Akgün Mensur Akgün is a Turkish professor at Istanbul Kültür University, political analyst, columnist in Turkish daily ''Star'' and civil society activist. Early life He finished his bachelor studies at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara ...

, Turkish scholar * Mensur Bajramović, Bosnian basketball coach * Mensur Suljović, professional darts player *

Mensur Kurtiši Mensur Kurtiši ( mk, Менсур Куртиши, al, Mensur Kurtishi; born 25 March 1986) is a Macedonian footballer who currently plays for First Vienna in the Austrian Regional League East. Kurtiši plays as a striker and was called up to ...

, Macedonian association football player

Mansoor

* Mansoor Abdullah, Singaporean convicted murderer * Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, Indian cricketer *

Mansoor Al-Shehail Mansoor Abdul Aziz Al-Shehail (Arabic: منصور عبد العزيز الشهيل; born 28 October 1995) is a Saudi Arabian professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name mån.sôör, and is a ...

, Saudi Arabian professional wrestler *

Mansoor Ahmed Mansoor Ahmed Batt (7 January 1968 – 12 May 2018) was a hockey player. Career Ahmed played as a goalkeeper and Captain for the Pakistan national hockey team from 1986 to 2000. He played 338 International matches and participated in three O ...

, Pakistani hockey player *

Mansoor Akhtar Mansoor Akhtar (born 25 December 1957) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played in 19 Test cricket, Test matches and 41 One Day Internationals between 1980 and 1990. In his Test career Mansoor scored one century and three half-centuries, with ...

, Pakistani cricketer *

Mansoor Amjad Mansoor Amjad (, ), born 14 December 1987, is a Pakistani cricketer who plays for the Pakistan national cricket team and Leicestershire County Cricket Club Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clu ...

, 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 * Mansoor Khan, Pakistani film maker * Mullah Bakht Mohammed, military commander for Afghanistan's Taliban known as Mansoor Dadullah *

Mansoor Muftah Mansour Muftah Faraj Bekhit Al-Abdullah, or simply Mansour Muftah ( ar, منصور مفتاح, born 1955) is a Qatari former footballer who played as a forward. He was the top scorer in the Qatar Stars League a record 7 times, as well as being ...

, Qatari football player * Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, ''nawab'' of Bengal * Mansoor Zaman, Pakistani professional squash player

Mansour

* Mansour (singer), Iranian singer * Mansour Abbas, Arab-Israeli politician *

Mansour F. Armaly Mansour F. Armaly (February 25, 1927 – August 19, 2005) was a Palestinian-American physician who researched the modern medical treatment of glaucoma. Early life and education Armaly was born in Shefa Amr, Palestine. He received his B.A. (19 ...

, Palestinian-American physician and researcher *

Mansour al-Balawi Mansour Al-Balawi () (Full name: Mansour bin Hamdan bin Hamid al-Wayeou' al-Aradi al-Balawi, منصور بن حمدان بن حامد الوعيوع العرادي البلوي) (born 1964, Jeddah) is a Saudi businessman. He was the Chairman of Sau ...

, former Al-Ittihad president * Mansour Bahrami, Iranian tennis player * Mansour Leghaei, Iranian Shia Imam and Founder of the Imam Husain Islamic Centre * Mansour Matloubi, Iranian professional poker player * Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates *

Mansour Nariman Iskandar Ibrahimi, better known by his stage name Mansour Nariman ( fa, منصور نریمان, 1935 in Mashhad − 14 July 2015 in Tehran) was an Iranian ''oud'' player, researcher and writer. See also * Music of Iran The music of Iran enco ...

, Iranian oud player and composer *

Mansour Osanlou Mansour Osanloo (Osaloo) (منصور اسانلو) is a trade union activist in Iran, where he was imprisoned several times from 2005 to 2008. Osanloo was then held in Evin Prison, serving a five-year prison sentence, and freed in June 2013. He i ...

, Iranian trade union activist * Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese composer, musician, and producer *

Mansour Rouhani Mansour Rouhani (1922–11 April 1979) was an Iranian politician who held several government posts during the reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. He was one of the politicians who were murdered after the Islamic revolution in 1979. Biography Ro ...

, Iranian politician * Mansour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Saudi royal and politician *

Mansour bin Mutaib Al Saud Mansour bin Mutaib Al Saud (born 1952) is a Saudi Arabian politician and academic who served as the minister of municipal and rural affairs of Saudi Arabia from 2009 to 2015. He is a member of House of Saud. He is the minister of state. Early l ...

, Saudi royal and politician *

Mansour bin Muqrin Al Saud Mansour bin Muqrin Al Saud (1974 – 5 November 2017) ( ar, منصور بن مقرن بن عبد العزيز آل سعود) was a Saudi businessman, member of the House of Saud, and advisor at the Court of the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia. In A ...

(1974–2017), Saudi royal * Mansour bin Saud Al Saud, Saudi royal and businessman * Mansour Seck, Senegalese singer and musician *

Mansour Al-Thagafi Mansour Al-Thagafi ( ar, منصور الثقفي) (born 14 January 1979) is a Saudi Arabian former footballer. He last played for Al-Nassr . Al-Thagafi has played most of his career for Al-Nassr. He played for the Saudi Arabia national football ...

, Saudi Arabian footballer * Mansour Zalzal, Abbasid musician and composer

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* Almanzo Wilder, American farmer, whose first name is a form of ''al-Manṣūr''. * Mansurul Haq, Pakistani admiral and Chief of Naval Staff of the Pakistan Navy * Mancur Olson, American economist and political scientist * Mansyur S.,

Indonesian Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to: * Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia ** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago ** Indonesia ...

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Mansour

* Adly Mansour, Egyptian politian and acting President in 2014 * Adnan Mansour, Lebanese diplomat and politician * Agnes Mary Mansour, American political figure and former nun *

Ahmed Subhy Mansour Ahmed Subhy Mansour ( ar, أحمد صبحي منصور; born March 1, 1949) is an Egyptian American activist, Islamic Quranist scholar dealing with Islamic history, culture, theology, and politics. He founded a small Egyptian ''Quranist'' group t ...

, Egyptian cleric, founder of the Quranist group *

Akhtar Mohammad Mansour Akhtar Mohammad Mansour (1960s21 May 2016) was the second Supreme Leader of Afghanistan, supreme leader of the Taliban, an Islamic fundamentalist political movement in Afghanistan. Succeeding the founding leader, Mullah Omar, he was the supreme ...

(1968–2016), leader of the Taliban, in Afghanistan *

Amal Mansour Amal Murshid Abu Mansour ( ar, أمل منصور) (; 1950 – 31 October 2018) was a Palestinian-Jordanian author and translator to Arabic from English who focused on the genres of education, mathematics, science fiction and science. She had previ ...

(1950–2018), Palestinian-Jordanian author and translator * Amir Mansour, American professional boxer * Eli Mansour, American rabbi, author/writer * Gueye Mansour, Senegalese footballer * Hend Al-Mansour, Saudi Arabian-American artist *

Josh Mansour Josh Mansour (Arabic: جوش منصور; born 17 June 1990) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a er for Newtown Jets. He has represented Lebanon and Australia at international level. He has previously played for the Penrith ...

, Australian Rugby League player *

Joyce Mansour Joyce Mansour nee Joyce Patricia Adès, (25 July 1928 – 27 August 1986), was an Egyptian-French author, notable as a surrealist poet. She became the best known surrealist female poet, author of 16 books of poetry, as well as a number of importa ...

, British born Egyptian Surrealist poet who also wrote in French *

Mustafa Mansour Mustafa Kamel Mansour (2 August 1914 – 24 July 2002) was an Egyptian footballer who played as a goalkeeper for Egypt at the 1934 FIFA World Cup. He is also notable for being one of the first non-British or Irish players to play in the Scottis ...

, Egyptian footballer * Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour, Egyptian street gang leader and serial killer *

Reda Mansour Reda Mansour ( ar, رضا منصور, he, רדא מנצור) is an Israeli Druze poet, historian and diplomat. He has published three books of Hebrew poetry and received the University of Haifa Miller Award as well as the State President Scholar ...

(born 1965), Israeli writer, historian and diplomat * Richard Mansour, better known as Dick Dale, Lebanese-American guitarist * Shadia Mansour, British born Palestinian singer *

Sliman Mansour Sliman Mansour ( also Suleiman or Suliman, ar, سليمان منصور, born 1947), is a Palestinian painter, considered an important figure among contemporary Palestinian artists. Mansour is considered an artist of the intifada whose work gave ...

, Palestinian painter *

Toufik Mansour Toufik Mansour is an Israeli mathematician working in algebraic combinatorics. He is a member of the Druze community and is the first Israeli Druze to become a professional mathematician. Mansour obtained his Ph.D. in mathematics from the Unive ...

, Israeli mathematician

Mansoor

* Belal Mansoor Ali, Bahraini runner from Kenya * Ghulam Mansoor, Subedar major, Bhopal state *

M. A. Mansoor M. A. Mansoor (1881–1968) was an antiquarian who compiled an exquisite collection of Amarna Period sculptures. Early life and studies He was born to Coptic Orthodox Egyptian parents in Cairo in 1881. After having graduated from high school, wit ...

, Egyptian antiquarian * Maghfoor Mansoor, Pakistani native who was a fugitive in the United States * Misha Mansoor, American musician and founder of the Progressive Metal band Periphery * Peter Mansoor, Palestinian American Army colonel, executive officer to Gen. Petraeus during Iraq War troop surge of 2007 *

Shoaib Mansoor Shoaib Mansoor (Full name, Shoaib Mansoor), ( ur, ; born 4 February 1951 Karachi) is a Pakistani television and film director, writer, producer, lyricist and musician of Muhajir origin. Active in the television industry since 1980, he first ...

, Pakistani film producer, director, writer, lyricist, and composer

Mansur

* Ali Mansur, prime minister of Iran *

Hassan-Ali Mansur Hasan Ali Mansur ( fa, حسن علی منصور‎; 13 April 1923 – 26 January 1965) was an Iranian politician who served as Prime Minister from 1964 to 1965. He served during the White Revolution of the Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi and was as ...

, Iranian politician and prime minister *

João Mansur João Mansur (July 22, 1923 – February 22, 2012) was a Brazilian politician who served as the Governor of Paraná from July 4, 1973, until August 11, 1973. Mansur, who was the chairman of the Parana state legislature at the time, became govern ...

, Brazilian politician and governor of Lebanese descent * Jossy Mansur, Aruban newspaper editor of Lebanese descent * Mallikarjun Mansur, Indian classical singer * Muhammad Mansur Ali, Bangladeshi politician and prime minister *

Sheikh Mukhtar Robow Sheikh Mukhtar Robow ( so, Mukhtaar Roobow, ar, مختار روبو born 10 October 1969), also known as Abu Mansur, is a former deputy leader and former spokesman of the Somali militant group Al-Shabaab. In 2015, he defected from Al-Shabaab d ...

, leader and spokesman for Somalia's al-Shabaab known as ''Abu Mansur'' *

Ustad Mansur Ustad Mansur (flourished 1590-1624) was a seventeenth-century Mughal painter and court artist. He grew up during the reign of Jahangir (r. 1605 - 1627) during which period he excelled at depicting plants and animals. He was the earliest artist t ...

, Mughal painter from India

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Michael A. Monsoor Michael Anthony Monsoor (April 5, 1981September 29, 2006) was a United States Navy SEAL who was killed during Invasion of Iraq and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. He enlisted in the United States Navy in 2001 and graduated from Basic Un ...

, United States Navy SEAL and Medal of Honor recipient