Harun al-Rashid: and the World of the Thousand and One Nights by André Clot

Harun al-Rashid: and the World of the Thousand and One Nights

André Clot with André Clot (Translator)

273 pages first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction biography history adventurous challenging informative medium-paced
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Harun al-Rashid, the legendary caliph portrayed in The Thousand and One Nights, was the son of a Yemenite slave who cleared Harun's path to power, very probably by poisoning her eldest son. Harun reigned for a quarter of a century, his empire spre...

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