Al-Mansur

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Abū Jaʿfar ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad al-Manṣūr (; Arabic: أبو جعفر عبد الله بن محمد المنصور‎; 714 – 6 October 775) usually known simply as by his laqab al-Manṣūr (المنصور) was the second Abbasid caliph, reigning from 754 to 775 after succeeding his brother al-Saffah (r. 750–754). He consolidated Abbasid rule following the Abbasid revolution and is regarded by modern historians as the real founder of the Abbasid Caliphate for his role in stabilizing and institutionalizing the dynasty. He founded the Round City of Madinat al-Salam in 762, which became the core of imperial Baghdad and the capital of the caliphate.

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