al-Rashid

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al-Rashid is the honorific title of Hārūn ibn Muḥammad, the famed Abbasid caliph known for presiding over the Islamic Golden Age and featuring prominently in the tales of One Thousand and One Nights.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
al-Rashid canonical 2
الرَّشِيد (al-Rashīd) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Abbasid caliph ⓘ
Muslim ruler ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
associatedWith Baghdad’s cultural renaissance ⓘ
associatedWork One Thousand and One Nights ⓘ
linked to: The Arabian Nights
birthPlace Ray ⓘ
birthYear 763 ⓘ
766 ⓘ
burialPlace Tus ⓘ
linked to: Tūs
caliphate Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
capitalDuringReign Baghdad ⓘ
child al-Amin ⓘ
al-Ma'mun ⓘ
al-Mu'tamin ⓘ
culturalDepiction character in Arabic folklore ⓘ
character in medieval European literature ⓘ
deathPlace Tus ⓘ
deathYear 809 ⓘ
dynasty Abbasid dynasty ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid Caliphate
era Islamic Golden Age ⓘ
father al-Mahdi ⓘ
fullName Harun ibn Muhammad ⓘ
givenName Harun ⓘ
governmentType Caliphate ⓘ
linked to: Abbasid Caliphate
honorificTitle al-Rashid ⓘ
house House of Abbas ⓘ
knownFor administrative reforms ⓘ
appearance in One Thousand and One Nights ⓘ
military campaigns against Byzantium ⓘ
patronage of arts and sciences ⓘ
role in the flourishing of Baghdad ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
mother al-Khayzuran ⓘ
notableCampaign campaigns against the Byzantine Empire ⓘ
notableEvent civil war between his sons al-Amin and al-Ma'mun after his death ⓘ
patronOf Bayt al-Hikma ⓘ
linked to: House of Wisdom
patronymic ibn Muhammad ⓘ
positionHeld Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
predecessor al-Hadi ⓘ
regionRuled Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
parts of Persia ⓘ
parts of the Levant ⓘ
reignEnd 809 ⓘ
reignStart 786 ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
spouse Zubayda bint Jaʿfar ⓘ
successor al-Amin ⓘ
title Commander of the Faithful ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harun al-Rashid → honorificTitle → al-Rashid ⓘ
subject linked to: al-Rashid
Arabic root R-Š-D (رشَد) → quranicDerivative → الرَّشِيد (al-Rashīd) ⓘ
linked to: al-Rashid