Harun al-Rashid

[ hah-roon ahl-rah-sheed; Arabic hah-roon ahr-rah-sheed ]

noun

1. a.d. 764?–809, caliph of Baghdad 786–809: one of the greatest Abbasids, he was made almost a legendary hero in the Arabian Nights.

Harun al-Rashid

/ hæˈruːn ˈælræˈʃiːd /

noun

1. Harun al-Rashid?763809MPersianPOLITICS: hereditary ruler ?763–809 ad , Abbasid caliph of Islam (786–809), whose court at Baghdad was idealized in the Arabian Nights

Example Sentences

Robert Kool, a coin expert at IAA, said one of the coins appears to date to the 8th or 9th century, between 786 and 809 A.D., during the reign of Caliph Harun al-Rashid.

From Fox News

After the death of the Caliph Harun al-Rashid in 809, the Baghdad caliphate plunged into civil war; in succeeding centuries, marauding Mongols poured into the Arab lands, killing people and wrecking schools.

From Time

In 796, the caliph Harun al-Rashid moved the seat of the Muslim Empire to the northern Syrian city of Raqqa, on the banks of the Euphrates.

From New York Times

Some suggest promoting the city not just as Imam Reza’s burial place, but also Harun al-Rashid’s, the eighth century caliph who presided over the golden age of Sunni Islam.

From Economist

Just listen: “They say that Harun al-Rashid was very restless one night and summoned Masrur , his executioner. When he arrived quickly the caliph told him that he could not sleep and wanted him to fetch so meone to tell him a ­story . . . ”

From Washington Post