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Ambitiousness: Al-Mansur considered himself as a king. It is quoted from him: "There are four caliphs: [[Abu Bakr]], [['Umar b. Khattab]], [['Uthman b. Affan]] and [['Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]]; and there are four Kings: [[Mu'awiya]], [['Abd al-Malik b. Marwan]], [[Hisham b. 'Abd al-Malik]] and me." He also stated that [[God]] chosen him responsible for income and food of people. | Ambitiousness: Al-Mansur considered himself as a king. It is quoted from him: "There are four caliphs: [[Abu Bakr]], [['Umar b. Khattab]], [['Uthman b. Affan]] and [['Ali b. Abi Talib (a)]]; and there are four Kings: [[Mu'awiya]], [['Abd al-Malik b. Marwan]], [[Hisham b. 'Abd al-Malik]] and me." He also stated that [[God]] chosen him responsible for income and food of people. | ||
Stinginess: Al-Mansur was a stingy and narrow-minded man who questioned his agents and representatives for small amount of money. As a result, he was known as Al-Dawaniqi (Daniq means a very small of money) {{enote|Dawaniq is the plural form of "Daniq" (Arabic: {{ia|دانِق}}). Daniq equals a sixth of dirham, thus it would be a very small amount of money.}}. It is said when [['Abd al-Malik b. Marwan]] built [[Al-Aqsa mosque]], he covered the doors with gold and silver, however when Al-Mansur al-Dawaniqi intended to repair the mosque, he ordered to take out the gold and silver from doors and make coins with them. | Stinginess: Al-Mansur was a stingy and narrow-minded man who questioned his agents and representatives for small amount of money. As a result, he was known as '''Al-Dawaniqi''' (Daniq means a very small of money) {{enote|Dawaniq is the plural form of "Daniq" (Arabic: {{ia|دانِق}}). Daniq equals a sixth of dirham, thus it would be a very small amount of money.}}. It is said when [['Abd al-Malik b. Marwan]] built [[Al-Aqsa mosque]], he covered the doors with gold and silver, however when Al-Mansur al-Dawaniqi intended to repair the mosque, he ordered to take out the gold and silver from doors and make coins with them. | ||
==Political and Social Situations== | ==Political and Social Situations== | ||