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'''al-Khayzuran''' a former slave girl from [[Yemen]], and |
'''al-Khayzuran''' a former slave girl from [[Yemen]], and mother of the Caliph [[Harun al-Rashid]] which was the 5th and most famous Abbasid Caliph from 786 until 809. He is a great figure to the Arabs, and under him Baghdad was at its highest point. He and his fabulous court are immortalized in [[The Thousand and One Nights]],also known as [[Arabian Nights]]. |
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al-Khayzuran a woman of strong personality who greatly influenced affairs of state in the reigns of her husband and sons until her death in 789. |
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Mother of [[Harun al-Rashid]] (also spelled Haroun ar-Rashid, Harun al-Raschid or Haroon al Rasheed) [English: Aaron the Upright]. |
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which was the 5th and most famous Abbasid Caliph from 786 until 809. He is a great figure to the Arabs, and under him Baghdad was at its apogee. He and his fabulous court are immortalized in [[The Thousand and One Nights]],also known as [[Arabian Nights]]. |
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Harun was strongly influenced by the will of his mother, al-Khayzuran in the governance of the empire until her death in 789. |
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Revision as of 03:19, 20 March 2004
al-Khayzuran a former slave girl from Yemen, and mother of the Caliph Harun al-Rashid which was the 5th and most famous Abbasid Caliph from 786 until 809. He is a great figure to the Arabs, and under him Baghdad was at its highest point. He and his fabulous court are immortalized in The Thousand and One Nights,also known as Arabian Nights.
al-Khayzuran a woman of strong personality who greatly influenced affairs of state in the reigns of her husband and sons until her death in 789.