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The caliph's sister Harun al-Rashid and the fall of the Persians

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bethesda, MD Zaidan Foundation 2010Description: xiii, 226 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780984843510
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 800ZAI
Summary: It is 803 AD in Baghdad in the closing years of the glorious reign of the Caliph Harun al-Rashid best known in the western world as the caliph whose court is described in the Arabian Nights. His reign represented the peak of ?Abbasid power in a caliphate full of pomp, splendor and learning that is often seen as the golden age of Islamic civilization. Harun al-Rashid was a popular ruler who relied on the Barmakis, the Persian administrators to run the ?Abbasid Empire
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-226).

It is 803 AD in Baghdad in the closing years of the glorious reign of the Caliph Harun al-Rashid best known in the western world as the caliph whose court is described in the Arabian Nights. His reign represented the peak of ?Abbasid power in a caliphate full of pomp, splendor and learning that is often seen as the golden age of Islamic civilization. Harun al-Rashid was a popular ruler who relied on the Barmakis, the Persian administrators to run the ?Abbasid Empire

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