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by Yahalome (guest)
12/19/2002, 10:11 PM
In the Little House books, Almanzo Wilder said, "It was wished on me. My folks have got a notion there always has to be an Almanzo in the family, because 'way back in the time of the Crusades there was a Wilder went to them, and an Arab or somebody saved his life. El Manzoor, the name was. They changed it after a while in England..."Does anyone know what El Manzoor means?Y :)
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- Nanaea   +2
12/22/2002, 8:36 AM
“El-Manzoor” means “The Victorious” in Arabic. More familiar English transliterations of this popular name in the Arabic states today are: "Mansur" and "Mansoor".-- Nanaea
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- Nanaea   +1
12/22/2002, 8:42 AM
Mike C. -- You need to add "Almanzo" to the site. :)
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- Mike C
12/22/2002, 9:26 PM
It will be added! (though the next major update will not be for some time)
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- 'Cole (guest)   +1
12/23/2002, 5:17 PM
Good to see you, Nan!
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- Nanaea
12/31/2002, 9:01 AM
Thanks! Good to see you again, too! :)
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- Looli (guest)
1/8/2003, 4:23 PM
I've learned that Mansur (with its variant spellings_ means "victorious" and also "Divinely aided."El is just the Latinized verion of Al which means the. Thus Al-Mansur (the victorious) got turned into Almanzo.Looli,
(which is Arabic for pearls)
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- M (guest)
2/7/2004, 11:52 AM
"Tracing their origins to early Islamic caliphs who governed
northern Africa and southern Spain (at one point, their troops reached Tours, France), the Moors united under a strong leader, Al Mansour (also spelled Almanzor). During the tenth century, Al Mansour brought all of central and southern Spain into his empire."http://www.publicsectorconsultants.com/Documents/year1000/year_ten_hundred.pdf
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