Harun al-Rashid
5th Abbasid caliph (r. 786–809)
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 edit
- 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 edit
- Al-Suyuti, History of The Caliphs, Translated by Major H. S. Jarrett, Calcutta (India), 1881.
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