September 14, 2006
Harun al-Rashid Is Caliph of Greater Arabia
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Considered the greatest Abbasid Caliph, Harun al-Rashid was an educated scholar, lover of poetry, and patron of the arts who ruled Baghdad from 786-809. With a vast empire spanning SW Asia and the northern part of Africa, he was known around the world and had diplomatic relations with both China and Charlemagne's Frankish empire. Why did newspapers call future US President Theodore Roosevelt "Harun-al-Roosevelt" when he was a New York Police Department Commissioner?
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