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Mansur (, Manṣūr; also spelled Munsor, Mansoor, Manser, Mansour, Monsour, Mansyur 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
Mansur is a crater on Mercury. It has a diameter of 100 kilometers. Its name was adopted by the International Astronomical Union in 1979. Mansur is named for the Indian artist Ustad Mansur, who lived in the 17th century CE.
Joéliton Lima Santos (born 17 April 1993), commonly known as Mansur, is a Brazilian football left back who currently plays for Brazilian Série A club Sport.