Harun al-Rashid



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
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. And mistress of the Sultan and his kingdom For God's sake, spare to slay me For I am neither Daylam nor Turk.
 * I endured afflictions and sowrrow
 * History of the Caliphs, p. 305
 * O, mistress of the mansion in Firk,
 * History of the Caliphs, p. 305

Further Readings

 * Al-Suyuti, History of The Caliphs, Translated by Major H. S. Jarrett, Calcutta (India), 1881.