Editing Al-Mansur (section)

==Death==
[[Al-Mas'udi]] writes that Mansur died on Saturday 6, Dhu al-Hijja 158 AH/775 CE. There are varying accounts of the location and circumstances of al-Mansur's death. One account narrates that al-Mansur was on a pilgrimage to Mecca and had nearly reached it when death overtook him at a location called the Garden of the Bani Amir on the high road to Iraq at the age of 63. According to this narration, he was buried in Mecca with his face uncovered because he was wearing the [[ihram clothing]]. A hundred graves were dug around Mecca to thwart any attempt to find and violate his bones.<ref>{{harvnb|Bobrick|2012|p=16}}</ref>

A different narration from [[Fadl ibn Rabi'ah]], who claimed to have been with Mansur at his time of death, states that he died at al-Batha' near the Well of Maimun, in which he would have been buried at al-Hajun at 65 years of age. In this version, Mansur was sitting in a domed room hallucinating about ill omens written on the wall. When al-Rabiah replied, "I see nothing written on the wall. Its surface is clean and white," al-Mansur said, "My soul is warned that she may prepare for her near departure." After reaching the Well of Maimun, he reportedly said "God be praised" and succumbed that very day.

When al-Mansur died, the caliphate's treasury contained 600,000,000 [[dirhams]] and fourteen million [[dinar]]s.<ref name=Al-Masudi/>{{rp|33}} On his deathbed, Mansur said, “We have sacrificed the life to come for a mere dream!”<ref>{{harvnb|Bobrick|2012|p=19}}</ref>