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Harun Al-Rashid and the Age of a Thousand and One Nights
Harun AlRashid and the Age of a Thousand and One Nights Author:Andre Clot A symbol of the fabled Orient, Harun al-Rashid, the caliph portrayed in The Thousand and One Nights, was the son of a Yemenite slave who cleared his path to power, very probably by poisoning the reigning caliph, her older son. Through Arab chronicles. account of Harun's development as a ruler.