Harun al-Rashid

Harun al-Rashid receiving a delegation sent by Charlemagne at his court in Baghdad. 1864 painting by Julius Köckert.

Harun al-Rashid (17 March 763 or February 766 — 24 March 809) was the fifth Abbasid Caliph and reigned from 15 September 786 to 24 March 809.

Quotes

• I endured afflictions and sowrrow
  When death took Haylanah to itself.
  I parted from my happiness when I lost her
  And care not now what it may be.
  She was my world: and when she sank
  Into her grave, I parted from my world.
  Verily people have multiplied, but I
  Behold no creature after her.
  By Allah, I shall not forget thee
  As long as the wind shaketh the boughs on the upland.
  • History of the Caliphs, p. 305
• O, mistress of the mansion in Firk,
  And mistress of the Sultan and his kingdom
  For God's sake, spare to slay me
  For I am neither Daylam nor Turk.
  • History of the Caliphs, p. 305

Further Readings

• Al-Suyuti, History of The Caliphs, Translated by Major H. S. Jarrett, Calcutta (India), 1881.

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