Mansur I

Mansur I منصور
Amir Shahanshah
14th-century illustration of the coronation of Mansur I
Amir of the Samanids
Reign	24 November 961 – 13 June 976
Predecessor	Abd al-Malik I
Successor	Nuh II
Died	13 June 976
Issue	Nuh II
House	Samanid
Father	Nuh I
Religion	Sunni Islam

Abu Salih Mansur (Persian: ابو صالح منصور, romanized: Abu Ṣāliḥ Manṣur; died 13 June 976), better known as Mansur I (منصور) was amir of the Samanids from 961 to 976. The son of Nuh I (r. 943–954), his reign was characterized by weak rule and perpetual financial troubles. Mansur was notably the first Samanid ruler to the use title of King of Kings (Shahanshah), most likely as a response to his rival, the Buyid ruler Adud al-Dawla, who likewise used the title.^[1] He is also known by the sobriquet Amīr-i Sadid ('The Righteous/Just Emir').^[2]