Haroun Al-Rashid

Harun al-Rashid by Ahmed Amin is a window into the Abbasid era, in which the writer reveals the features of a caliph who lived between the myth of rule and the facts of history. Ahmed Amin dives into Al-Rashid‘s biography, exploring the depths of his personality, far from the popular tales that gave him an aura of mythology. In his meticulous style, Amin narrates how Baghdad was illuminated by its scholars and poets, and how the arts and sciences flourished during the reign of Al-Rashid, to depict a time when literature and science were the adornments of the state. The writer does not neglect to mention the conflicts and conspiracies, as he presents to us the story of the Baramkehs and sheds light on the corridors of Abbasid politics. Harun al-Rashid is not just a historical narrative, but rather a painting in which politics and culture blend, conveying to us a shining glory and a hidden tragedy from the heart of the Abbasid state.