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Al-Khayzuran. Religion. Sunni Islam. Abu Ja'far Harun ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi ( Arabic: أَبُو جَعْفَر هَارُون ٱبْنِ مُحَمَّد ٱلْمَهْدِيّ, romanized : Abū Ja'far Hārūn ibn Muḥammad al-Mahdī) or simply Harun ibn al-Mahdi (Arabic: هَارُون ٱبْنِ ٱلْمَهْدِيّ; c. 763 or 766 – 24 ...
Mar 20, 2024 · Hārūn al-Rashīd (born February 766/March 763, Rayy, Iran—died March 24, 809, Ṭūs) was the fifth caliph of the ʿAbbāsid dynasty (786–809), who ruled Islam at the zenith of its empire with a luxury in Baghdad memorialized in The Thousand and One Nights ( The Arabian Nights Entertainment ).
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Harun al-Rashid. Harun al-Rashid receiveing people sent by Charlemagne at his court in Baghdad. 1864 painting by Julius Köckert. Harun al-Rashid (also: Haroon al-Rasheed ), was an Arab caliph of the Abbasid Empire, ruling from 786 to 809. He has become an icon of the Islamic golden age.
Abu Ja'far Harun ibn Muhammad al-Mahdi or simply Harun ibn al-Mahdi , famously known as Harun al-Rashid , was the fifth Abbasid caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, reigning from September 786 until his death in March 809. His reign is traditionally regarded to be the beginning of the Islamic Golden Age.
Hārūn ar-Rashīd (Arabic هارون الرشيد also spelled Harun ar-Rashid, Haroun al-Rashid or Haroon al Rasheed (English: Aaron the Upright or rightly-guided) (c. 763 – 809) was the fifth and most famous Abbasid Caliph.
Harun al-Rashid (Aaron "The Rightly-Guided") was the fifth Abbasid caliph, who ruled the great Islamic empire from 786 to 809 during its zenith. A patron of learning and culture, he is known to the world through the tales of The Arabian Nights, which portray his court in Baghdad as a place of wealth and splendor.
Harun al-Rashid was born at Reyy near Tehran, Iran, in 766. He was the third son of the third Abbasid caliph, Mohammed al-Mahdi and his wife Khayzuran, a former slave from Yemen. Harun was raised as a prince in the court at Baghdad, Iran. At the age of sixteen he was named second heir after his older brother, Musa al-Hadi.