Harun al-Rashid


[hah-roon ahl-rah-sheed; Arabic hah-roon ahr-rah-sheed] /hɑˈrun ɑl rɑˈʃid; Arabic hɑˈrun ˌɑr rɑˈʃid/

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.
/hæˈruːn ˈælræˈʃiːd/
noun
1.
?763–809 ad, Abbasid caliph of Islam (786–809), whose court at Baghdad was idealized in the Arabian Nights

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