Haroon ur Rasheed by Aslam Rahi MA

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Haroon ur Rasheed from 17 March 763 or February 766 – 24 March 809 (148–193 Hijri) was the fifth Abbasid Caliph. His birth date is debated, with various sources giving dates from 763 to 766. His epithet “al-Rashid” translates to “the Orthodox”, “the Just”, “the Upright”, or “the Rightly-Guided”. Harun ruled from 786 to 809, traditionally regarded to be the beginning of the Islamic Golden Age. He 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. During his rule, the family of Barmakids, which played a deciding role in establishing the Abbasid Caliphate, declined gradually. In 796, he moved his court and government to Raqqa in present-day Syria.