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Mansour (
Arabic : 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
Mansur ibn Sarjun , Byzantine governor of
Damascus in the late 500s and early 600s, who surrendered the city to the Muslims in 635.
Other people called Mansur include, during the
golden Age of Islam :
Al-Mansur , second
Abbasid caliph and the founder of
Baghdad .
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 , 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 , amirs of the Samanids
Mansur ad-Din of Adal , 15th-century sultan of Adal.
Imams of Yemen
Modern given name
Mansur or Mansour is used in
Turkic languages ,
Iranian languages and Arabic, while the transliteration Mansoor is typically used by
South Asians , and Mensur is used in the
Bosnian language .
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Mansoor Abdullah , Singaporean convicted murderer
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi , Indian cricketer
Mansoor Al-Shehail , Saudi Arabian professional wrestler
Mansoor Ahmed , Pakistani hockey player
Mansoor Akhtar , Pakistani cricketer
Mansoor Amjad , Pakistani cricketer
Mansoor Delane , American football player
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 , Qatari football player
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi , nawab of Bengal
Mansoor Zaman , Pakistani professional squash player
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Mansour (singer) , Iranian singer
Mansour Abbas , Arab-Israeli politician
Mansour F. Armaly , Palestinian-American physician and researcher
Mansour al-Balawi , Saudi Arabian businessman
Mansour Bahrami , Iranian tennis player
Mansour el-Essawi (1937–2023), Egyptian politician
Mansour Hassan (1937–2012), Egyptian politician
Mansour Leghaei , Iranian Shia Imam and Founder of the Imam Husain Islamic Centre
Mansour Matloubi , Iranian professional poker player
Mansour Moalla (born 1930), Tunisian economist and politician
Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan , member of the ruling family of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates
Mansour Nariman , Iranian oud player and composer
Mansour Osanlou , Iranian trade union activist
Mansour Rahbani , Lebanese composer, musician, and producer
Mansour Rouhani , Iranian politician
Mansour bin Abdulaziz Al Saud , Saudi royal and politician
Mansour bin Mutaib Al Saud , Saudi royal and politician
Mansour bin Muqrin Al Saud (1974–2017), Saudi royal
Mansour bin Nasser Al Saud (born 1959), Saudi royal
Mansour bin Saud Al Saud , Saudi royal and businessman
Mansour Seck , Senegalese singer and musician
Mansour Al-Thagafi , Saudi Arabian footballer
Mansour Zalzal , Abbasid musician and composer
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Adly Mansour , Egyptian politician and acting President in 2014
Adnan Mansour , Lebanese diplomat and politician
Agnes Mary Mansour , American political figure and former nun
Ahmed Subhy Mansour , Egyptian cleric, founder of the Quranist group
Akhtar Mohammad Mansour (1968–2016), leader of the Taliban, in Afghanistan
Amal Mansour (1950–2018), Palestinian-Jordanian author and translator
Amir Mansour , American professional boxer
Camille Mansour (born 1945), Palestinian academic
Eli Mansour , American rabbi, author/writer
Gueye Mansour , Senegalese footballer
Hend Al-Mansour , Saudi Arabian-American artist
Josh Mansour , Australian Rugby League player
Joyce Mansour , British born Egyptian Surrealist poet who also wrote in French
Mustafa Mansour , Egyptian footballer
Ramadan Abdel Rehim Mansour , Egyptian street gang leader and serial killer
Reda Mansour (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 , Palestinian painter
Toufik Mansour , Israeli mathematician
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Belal Mansoor Ali , Bahraini runner from Kenya
Ghulam Mansoor , Subedar major, Bhopal state
M. A. Mansoor , 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 , Pakistani film producer, director, writer, lyricist, and composer
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