Haroon Rashid’s caliphate can be called the era of the Abbasid government. He did a lot of work in his time to strengthen the government, establish justice and welfare of the people, historians wrote that his constitution was to change clothes in the streets of Baghdad.
He used to patrol all night like Hazrat Omar and inquire about the condition of his subjects, improve the…
These circumstances created suspicion in the heart of Haroon Rasheed, as if the signs of decline were visible on Aftab Iqbal of Bramka, so Haroon Rasheed killed Jafar and put Yahya and Fazl behind bars and confiscated their palaces and assets.
It is also a tragic…
He was also very steadfast in other religious beliefs and ideas. It is written in Tarikh-e-Khilafah that he used to pray 100 rak’ats daily except for illness during his caliphate. His prayers were not made up, if he fought for one year. In the second year, he would be…
Haroon Rashid has been a great and glorious caliph in the Abbasid Empire. During his caliphate, the wealth of the Abbasids had reached its peak in all aspects of knowledge, culture and politics. In some respects, he was glorified by his forefathers.
Despite being…
He held the position of Khilafah from 786 to 24 March 809 and his era is called the era of scientific, cultural and religious tolerance. Art and music also flourished during his reign. His court was so magnificent that for the well-known book ‘Alif Laila Hazar…
The development of the fine arts in the time of Harun
He held the position of Khilafah from 786 to 24 March 809 and his era is called the era of scientific, cultural and religious tolerance. Art and music also flourished during his reign. His court was so magnificent that…
Haron’s fighting skills
In the military, Aaron was a valiant soldier who showed the essence of his bravery when his father was caliph. He later commanded an army of 95,000 against the Byzantine Empire, which was then under Queen Erin. After defeating Erin’s…
While the reign of Haroon was on the one hand the rise of fine arts and architecture, on the other hand the foundation of the decline of the great Abbasid Caliphate was laid in the same period which was further enhanced by Haroon’s efforts to establish his empire.
The Abbasid Caliphate had always been under the protection of the Bani Hashim and this was the reason why Haroon, like the Mahdi, was afraid of Imam Musa Kazim in his time and had to spend most of his life in captivity. Aaron also feared that his popularity among the people…
The Abbasid Caliphate had always been under the protection of the Bani Hashim and this was the reason why Haroon, like the Mahdi, was afraid of Imam Musa Kazim in his time and had to spend most of his life in captivity. Aaron also feared that his popularity among the people…