Ruler · Early Middle Ages · Iraq

Harun al-Rashid

c. 766–809

Abbasid caliph from 786 to 809, born about 766, whose reign is remembered as the golden age of Baghdad. His court gathered scholars, poets and translators, and the House of Wisdom began collecting the learning of Greece, Persia and India. He is the caliph of the Thousand and One Nights tales.

Facts

Born: About 766.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Harun al-Rashid
Died: 809, on campaign in Persia.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Harun al-Rashid
Reign: 786 to 809.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Harun al-Rashid
Realm: The Abbasid Caliphate, centered on Baghdad.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Harun al-Rashid
Known for: The golden age of Baghdad and the translation movement.; Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Harun al-Rashid

Images

Harun al-Rashid as imagined in a Safavid era miniature (Wikimedia Commons)

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