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Harun al-Rashid

766 - 809

Harun al-Rashid

Abū Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ar-Rāshīd (Arabic: أَبُو جَعْفَر هَارُون ٱبْنِ مُحَمَّد ٱلْمَهْدِيّ, romanized: Abū Ja'far Hārūn ibn Muḥammad al-Mahdī), or simply Hārūn ibn al-Mahdī (Arabic: هَارُون ٱبْنِ ٱلْمَهْدِيّ; c. 763 or 766 – 24 March 809), famously known as Hārūn al-Rāshīd (Arabic: هَارُون ٱلرَّشِيد, romanized: Hārūn ar-Rashīd), was the fifth Abbasid caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, reigning from September 786 until his death in March 809. His reign is traditionally regarded to be the beginning of the Islamic Golden Age. His epithet al-Rashid translates to "the Just", "the Upright", or "the Rightly-Guided". Harun established the legendary library Bayt al-Hikma ("House of Wisdom") in Baghdad in present-day Iraq, and during his rule Baghdad began to flourish as a world center of knowledge, culture and trade. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harun al-Rashid is the 250th most popular politician (down from 221st in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Iran (up from 10th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Iranian Politician.

Harun al-Rashid was the fifth caliph of the Abbasid dynasty and is most famous for his patronage of learning and the arts.

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Among politicians, Harun al-Rashid ranks 250 out of 19,576. Before him are Yuri Andropov, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Vallabhbhai Patel, Emperor Meiji, and Bashar al-Assad. After him are Ay, Mustafa I, Barbara Bush, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Maximilian I of Mexico, and Alexander II of Russia.

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Among people born in 766, Harun al-Rashid ranks 1. After him is Zubaidah bint Ja`far. Among people deceased in 809, Harun al-Rashid ranks 1. After him are Ludger, Aureolus of Aragon, and Ōtomo no Otomaro.