Harun al-Raschid
766 – 809
Arab

Caliph, fifth of the Abbasids. He presided over the Muslim caliphate at the peak of its powers, cultivated learning and the arts, but could also be a cruel and willful tyrant, as described in The Arabian Nights.

Contemporaries
800–870al-Kindi
800–850al-Khwarizmi
?–778Roland
772–846Bo Juyi
752–803Irene
806–882Hincmar
712–770Du Fu
737–804Alcuin
787–885Albumazar