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al-Mansur (712–775)

Ottoman ruler. He was the second caliph of the Abbasside Dynasty, from 754, succeeding his brother al-Saffah. Al-Mansur founded the city of Baghdad (763) and made it his capital. He stabilized the dynasty and resumed the war with Byzantium.

He seems to have been influenced by Persia, and introduced the old Sassanian office of wazir (vizier) into Islamic government. He is considered one of the greatest of the Abbasside caliphs.
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Ocean Breeze, moored in Nice with mini-sub, mosque and missile launcher, is sister ship of Al Mansur, another Saddam yacht sunk in the US-led invasion.
Saddam yacht bid by The Mirror (London, England)
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