Editing Al-Mansur (section)

==Caliphate ==
Al-Saffah died after a short five-year reign and al-Mansur took on the responsibility of establishing the Abbasid caliphate<ref name=Hawting2010/> by holding on to power for nearly 22 years, from Dhu al-Hijjah 136 AH until Dhu al-Hijjah 158 AH (754 – 775).<ref name= Al-Masudi>Sanders, P. (1990). The Meadows of Gold: The Abbasids by MAS‘UDI. Translated and edited by Lunde Paul and Stone Caroline, Kegan Paul International, London and New York, 1989 {{ISBN|0 7103 0246 0}}. Middle East Studies Association Bulletin, 24(1), 50–51. doi:10.1017/S0026318400022549</ref><ref name=Axworthy>[[Michael Axworthy|Axworthy, Michael]] (2008); ''A History of Iran''; Basic, USA; {{ISBN|978-0-465-00888-9}}. p. 81.</ref> Al-Mansur was proclaimed Caliph on his way to [[Mecca]] in the year 753 (136 AH) and was inaugurated the following year.<ref name=Aikin1747>{{cite book|last1=Aikin|first1=John|title=General biography: or, Lives, critical and historical, of the most eminent persons of all ages, countries, conditions, and professions, arranged according to alphabetical order|date=1747|publisher=G. G. and J. Robinson|location=London|isbn=1333072457|page=201}}</ref> Abu Ja'far Abdallah ibn Muhammad took the name al-Mansur ("the victorious") and agreed to make his nephew [[Isa ibn Musa]] his successor to the Abbasid caliphate. This agreement was supposed to resolve rivalries in the Abbasid family, but al-Mansur's right to accession was particularly challenged by his uncle [[Abdullah ibn Ali]]. Once in power as caliph, al-Mansur had his uncle imprisoned in 754 and killed in 764.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Rituals of Islamic Monarchy: Accession and Succession in the First Muslim Empire: Accession and Succession in the First Muslim Empire|last= Marsham|first=Andrew |date=2009|publisher=Edinburgh University Press |isbn=9780748630776|page=192}}</ref>