OverviewAn Abbasid caliph whose court helped make Baghdad a centre of power and learning.CategoryHistorical FigurePeriodc. 766 – 809 CE
FamilyHis wife Zubayda supported pilgrimage routes and water supplies. Their son al-Amin later became caliph.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Harun al-Rashid
His place in historyHe ruled from 786 to 809. His court included the powerful Barmakid family, whose role shows how ministers helped run a large empire.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Harun al-Rashid
SourcesOriginal summaries of the cited sources. Qur’anic accounts, later traditions and historical estimates are distinguished; brief profiles do not settle scholarly disagreements.TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Harun al-Rashid
