Harun al-Rashid & The World of 1001 Nights by John Howe, André Clot

Harun al-Rashid & The World of 1001 Nights

John Howe, André Clot

268 pages first pub 1986 (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous challenging slow-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 sprea...

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