Harun al-Rashid
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Abū Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ar-Rashīd, or simply Hārūn ibn al-Mahdī, famously known as Hārūn al-Rashīd, was the fifth Abbasid caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, reigning from September 786 until his d
A silver dirham minted in Madinat al-Salam (Baghdad) in 170 AH (786 CE). At the reverse, the inner marginal inscription says: "By order of the slave of God, Harun, Commander of the Faithful"
Harun al-Rashid, at left, receiving a delegation sent by Charlemagne to his court in Baghdad. 1864 painting by Julius Köckert.
Dinar of Harun 171 AH (AD 787–88), the early years of his reign
Harun Al Rashid coins on display in the Emirates Heritage Village collection in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Zubaidah bint Ja'far
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Zubaidah bint Ja`far ibn al-Mansur was the best known of the Abbasid princesses, and the wife and double cousin of Harun al-Rashid. She is particularly remembered for the series of wells, reservoirs a
Gold Dinar of Harun al-Rashid mint in Baghdad Dated AH 184 (800 CE). "Second Symbol" (Quran 9: 33), Kalima in three lines across field / "Bismillah struck" in outer margin, "By order of the Heir Al-Amin, son of the Commander of the Faithful in inner margin, "Muhammad the messenger of Allah" in three lines across field.
Tomb of Zobiede near Baghdad, as drawn by Robert Ker Porter, ca. 1818
Photograph of Tomb of Zobiede, ca. 1920