Mansur

British  

/ mænˈsʊə /

noun

1. Abu Ja'far al- (ˈæbuː ˈdzæfə ˈæl). 712–75 _ad , 2nd caliph of the Abbasid dynasty (754–75). He founded Baghdad (762) and made it the Islamic capital

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Example Sentences

By early 2015, the Houthis had expelled Saleh’s successor, Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi, from the capital and made an unsuccessful bid to take over all of Yemen from Saadeh in the north to Aden in the south.

From Salon

Geologist Mansur Geiger - a friend of Genie de Guzman - says she had told him her husband was still alive and had escaped to South America.

From BBC

Analysts contrasted the strong candidates fielded by the opposition — such as Ekrem Imamoglu in Istanbul and Mansur Yavas in Ankara — to those for the AKP, who were largely overshadowed by Erdogan during the campaign.

From Seattle Times

Mansur Yavas also won the city from Mr Erdogan's AK Party five years ago.

From BBC

In Ankara, CHP mayor Mansur Yavas was leading by a far greater margin but with less of the vote counted.

From BBC