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<p>[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 2896632, member: 74968"]Just won this dinar of Al-Mansur. It is clipped so it is a bit light, but I really wanted a coin from this historical figure.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>From Wikipedia:</p><p><br /></p><p>"<b>Al-Mansur</b> or <b>Abu Ja'far Abdallah ibn <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Ali_ibn_Abdallah" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Ali_ibn_Abdallah" rel="nofollow">Muhammad</a> al-Mansur</b> (95 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_hegirae" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_hegirae" rel="nofollow">AH</a> – 158 AH (714 AD– 6 October 775 AD);<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mansur#cite_note-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mansur#cite_note-1" rel="nofollow">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language" rel="nofollow">Arabic</a>: أبو جعفر عبدالله بن محمد المنصور) was the second <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid" rel="nofollow">Abbasid</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliph" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliph" rel="nofollow">Caliph</a> reigning from 136 AH to 158 AH (754 AD – 775 AD)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mansur#cite_note-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mansur#cite_note-2" rel="nofollow">[2]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mansur#cite_note-Axworthy-3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mansur#cite_note-Axworthy-3" rel="nofollow">[3]</a> and succeeding his brother Abu al-'Abbas al-Saffah. Al-Mansur is generally regarded as the real founder of the Abbasid Caliphate, one of the largest polities in world history, for his role in stabilizing and institutionalizing the dynasty.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mansur#cite_note-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mansur#cite_note-4" rel="nofollow">[4]</a> He is also known for founding the 'round city' of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madinat_al-Salam" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madinat_al-Salam" rel="nofollow">Madinat al-Salam</a> which was to become the core of imperial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad" rel="nofollow">Baghdad</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mansur#cite_note-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mansur#cite_note-5" rel="nofollow">[5]</a>"</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5">From:<a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/al-Mansur-Abbasid-caliph" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/al-Mansur-Abbasid-caliph" rel="nofollow">https://www.britannica.com/biography/al-Mansur-Abbasid-caliph</a></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">"Al-Manṣūr’s achievement, however, was not based simply upon military power. His most lasting monument is the great city of <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Baghdad" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Baghdad" rel="nofollow">Baghdad</a>, upon which work began, at his command, in 762. The decision to build Baghdad was probably partly due to the restlessness of the chief towns in Iraq, Basra and, especially, Kūfah, but, in part, too, it was a statement by al-Manṣūr that the ʿAbbāsids had come to stay. It was significant that he considered taking some material for the construction of Baghdad from the ruins of Ctesiphon, the capital of the last native Iranian dynasty.</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">Another reason for the construction of the new capital was the need to house the rapidly growing <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bureaucracy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bureaucracy" rel="nofollow">bureaucracy</a>, developed by al-Manṣūr under the influence of Iranian ideas in an attempt to provide a more stable basis for ʿAbbāsid rule."</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5">Please post your coins of interesting historical figures.</font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><br /></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>Abbasid. temp. al-Mansur (AH 136-158 / AD 754-775) gold Dinar AH 153 (AD 770/1) Fine - Clipped, </b>no mint, 3.69g, A-212.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]696856[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orfew, post: 2896632, member: 74968"]Just won this dinar of Al-Mansur. It is clipped so it is a bit light, but I really wanted a coin from this historical figure. From Wikipedia: "[B]Al-Mansur[/B] or [B]Abu Ja'far Abdallah ibn [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_ibn_Ali_ibn_Abdallah']Muhammad[/URL] al-Mansur[/B] (95 [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_hegirae']AH[/URL] – 158 AH (714 AD– 6 October 775 AD);[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mansur#cite_note-1'][1][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language']Arabic[/URL]: أبو جعفر عبدالله بن محمد المنصور) was the second [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid']Abbasid[/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caliph']Caliph[/URL] reigning from 136 AH to 158 AH (754 AD – 775 AD)[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mansur#cite_note-2'][2][/URL][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mansur#cite_note-Axworthy-3'][3][/URL] and succeeding his brother Abu al-'Abbas al-Saffah. Al-Mansur is generally regarded as the real founder of the Abbasid Caliphate, one of the largest polities in world history, for his role in stabilizing and institutionalizing the dynasty.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mansur#cite_note-4'][4][/URL] He is also known for founding the 'round city' of [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madinat_al-Salam']Madinat al-Salam[/URL] which was to become the core of imperial [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad']Baghdad[/URL].[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mansur#cite_note-5'][5][/URL]" [SIZE=5]From:[url]https://www.britannica.com/biography/al-Mansur-Abbasid-caliph[/url] "Al-Manṣūr’s achievement, however, was not based simply upon military power. His most lasting monument is the great city of [URL='https://www.britannica.com/place/Baghdad']Baghdad[/URL], upon which work began, at his command, in 762. The decision to build Baghdad was probably partly due to the restlessness of the chief towns in Iraq, Basra and, especially, Kūfah, but, in part, too, it was a statement by al-Manṣūr that the ʿAbbāsids had come to stay. It was significant that he considered taking some material for the construction of Baghdad from the ruins of Ctesiphon, the capital of the last native Iranian dynasty. Another reason for the construction of the new capital was the need to house the rapidly growing [URL='https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bureaucracy']bureaucracy[/URL], developed by al-Manṣūr under the influence of Iranian ideas in an attempt to provide a more stable basis for ʿAbbāsid rule." Please post your coins of interesting historical figures. [B]Abbasid. temp. al-Mansur (AH 136-158 / AD 754-775) gold Dinar AH 153 (AD 770/1) Fine - Clipped, [/B]no mint, 3.69g, A-212.[/SIZE] [ATTACH=full]696856[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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