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Almanzor, chief minister and de facto ruler of Córdoba
Almanzor, chief minister and de facto ruler of Córdoba
Almanzor, chief minister and de facto ruler of Córdoba
Almanzor
Andalusian military leader and statesman (c. 938–1002)
- Died
- 1002
Abu ʿAmer Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdullāh ibn Abi ʿAmer al-Maʿafiri, nicknamed al-Manṣūr, which is often Latinized as Almanzor in Spanish, Almansor in Catalan and Almançor in Portuguese, was a Muslim Arab Andalusi military leader and statesman. As the chancellor of the Umayyad Caliphate of Córdoba and hajib (chamberlain) for Caliph Hisham II, Almanzor was effectively ruler of Islamic Iberia.