Mansur
| Pronunciation | Arabic: [manˈsˤuːr] |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | 'Victory' |
| Region of origin | Arabia |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Mansour, Mansoor |
| Variant form(s) | Nasir, Nasser, Nasri, Nasrallah, Nasir al-Din Victor, Vincent |
Mansur (Arabic: منصور, Manṣūr; also spelled Mounsor, Monsur (Bengali), Mansoor, Manser, Mansour, Mansyur (Indonesian) or Mensur) is a male Arabic name that means "the one who is victorious", from the Arabic root naṣr (نصر), meaning "victory."
The first known bearer of the name was Al-Mansur, second Abbasid caliph and the founder of Baghdad.
Other people called Mansur during the golden Age of Islam include:
- Ismail al-Mansur, third Caliph of the Fatimids
- Mansur ad-Din of Adal, a sultan of Adal
- Mansur Al-Hallaj, a Persian mystic, writer, and teacher of Sufism
- Almanzor, 10th-century ruler of al-Andalus
- Mansur ibn Ilyas, a 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
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
- 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)
- Mansurnagar Union
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