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-	'''Hārūn al-Rashīd''', ''Aaron the Just'', or ''Aaron the Rightly-Guided''; [[March 17]], [[763]] – [[March 24]], [[809]]) was the fifth and most famous [[Abbasid Caliphate|Abbasid]] [[Caliph]]. He was born in [[Rayy]], near [[Tehran]], [[Iran]], and lived in [[Baghdad]], [[Iraq]] and most of his reign in [[Ar Raqqah]] at the middle [[Euphrates]].	+
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-	He ruled from 786 to 809, and his time was marked by [[Science in medieval Islam|scientific]], [[Muslim culture|cultural]] and [[Islam|religious]] prosperity. [[Islamic art|Art]] and [[Islamic music|music]] also flourished significantly during his reign. He established the library [[House of Wisdom|Bayt al-Hikma]] ("House of Wisdom").	+
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-	Since Harun was intellectually, politically and militarily resourceful, his life and the court over which he held sway have been the subject of many fictional tales: some are factual but most are believed to be fictitious. An example of what is known to be factual is the story of the Clock that was among various presents that Harun had delightfully sent to [[Charlemagne]]. The presents were carried by the returning Frankish mission that came to offer Harun friendship in 779. [[Charlemagne]] and his retinue deemed the clock to be a conjuration for the sounds it emanates and the tricks it displays every time an hour ticks. Among what is known to be fictional is the famous ''[[The Book of One Thousand and One Nights]]'' containing many stories that are fantasized by Harun's magnificent court, and even Harun al-Rashid himself.	+
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