Abu Giafar al Mansur

Abu Giafar al Mansur (714-775), also Abu Jafar al-Mansur, was the 2nd Abbaside caliph and the first of the caliphs to patronise learning. He founded Bagdad, and made it the seat of the caliphate.

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Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali, Abu Hanifah, Abu Hasan al-Shadhili, Abu Mohammed al Mansur, Abu Mohammed al-Ghazali