Abd al-Aziz al-Mansur

Abd-al-Aziz al-Mansur was the king of the Taifa of Valencia between 1021 and 1061. He was the son of Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo.^[1] He was two years old at the time of his father's violent death and was taken for safekeeping to Zaragoza, where he grew up. At the age of fifteen, with the help of Zaragoza, a coup installed him as king of Valencia.^[2]

Abd-al-Aziz al-Mansur
Emir of the Taifa of Valencia
Taifa of Valencia
Reign	1021 to 1061
Predecessor	Mujāhid al-ʿĀmirī
Successor	Abd al-Malik ibn Abd al-Aziz al-Muẓaffar
Taifa of Almeria
Reign	1038 to 1044
Born	1005
Died	1061
Father	Abd al-Rahman Sanchuelo
Religion	Islam

He was responsible for the construction of the Arab wall of the city of Valencia, of which some of the sections still stand today. According to the geographer al-Urdi, the wall had seven gates with semi-circular towers.^[3]