| Gender | Male | 
|---|---|
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Semitic (Arabic) | 
| Meaning | Victorious | 
| Region of origin | Arabia (Middle East) | 
Al-Mansur, an Arabic surname meaning the Victorious, may also refer to:
People
- Al-Mansur (714–775) was the second Abbasid caliph of Arab caliphate, ruling from 754 until his death in 775
 - Mansur ibn Yazid ibn Mansur al-Himyari (r. 779), Abbasid official and provincial governor
 - Mansur ibn al-Mahdi, the son of Abbasid caliph al-Mahdi (r. 775–785)
 - Al-Mansur bi-Nasr Allah (913–953), ruler and Ismaili Shia Imam of the Fatimids in Ifriqiya
 - Al-Mansur ibn Buluggin (d. 995), second ruler of the Zirids in Ifriqiya
 - Al-Rashid Billah (1109–1138), also known as Mansur, the Caliph of Baghdad during later Abbasid era
 - Al-Mustansir I (d. 1242), also known as Mansur, was the penultimate caliph of Baghdad
 - Al-Mansur Ibn Abi Aamir or Almanzor (c. 938–1002), de facto ruler of Muslim Al-Andalus
 - Mansur ibn Nasir (d. 1104), Hammadid ruler
 - Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur (c. 1160–1199), third Almohad ruler
 - Abu Yusuf Yaqub ibn Abd Al-Haqq or Al Mansur Al Marini (1212–1286), founder of Marinid dynasty
 - Al-Mansur of Tidore (c. 1475–1526), second sultan of Tidore, Maluku
 - Ahmad al-Mansur (1549–1603), sultan of the Saadi dynasty
 
Other uses
- Mansour district, a district in Baghdad, Iraq
 - Al Mansoura (Doha), a district in Qatar, located in the municipality of Ad Dawhah
 - Mansoura, Egypt, a city in Arab Republic of Egypt
 - Mansura, Sindh, or Brahmanabad, the historic capital of the Muslim Caliphate in Sindh, Pakistan
 
See also
- Almansor, an 1821 play by German poet and playwright Heinrich Heine
 
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