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Harun al-Rashid

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Ha·run al-Ra·shid or Ha·roun al-Ra·schid  (hä-rn äl-rä-shd) also Harun ar-Ra·shid (är-) 763?-809.
Caliph of Baghdad (786-809) noted for his participation in the Muslim holy war against the Byzantines and for the splendor of his court.
Harun al-Rashid [hæˈruːn ˈælræˈʃiːd]
n
(Biographies / Harun al-Rashid (?763-809) M, Persian, POLITICS: hereditary ruler) ?763-809 ad, Abbasid caliph of Islam (786-809), whose court at Baghdad was idealized in the Arabian Nights


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There is a long line of fictional and historical figures who embody this role in Arab cultural artifacts, whether traditional oral epics or modern TV serials, from Abu Bakr to Harun al-Rashid to Saladin.
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The Muslim ruler Harun al-Rashid was instrumental in gathering knowledge of Greece, India and China.
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It was this mawla (client) Khalid, who, in the name of Harun al-Rashid, but at the expense of his native Persia, made a fortune and amassed personal political clout only to indulge himself- and to raise more than once the suspicion of his Arab master.
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