num_pages: 190
description: This new entry into the Longman World Biography series examines a leading statesman who guided a key country during a pivotal time in history. Al-Mansur was a man of contradictions whose policies combined a vision of the future with a longing for the past; by building one state, he destroyed another.
language: English
title: Ahmad al-Mansur: Islamic Visionary
titlecomplete: Ahmad al-Mansur: Islamic Visionary
ratings_count: 7
series: Library of World Biography
publisher: Pearson College Div