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Харун Ар-Рашид и времена «Тысячи и одной ночи»
Author: Андре Кло
Year: 2012
Number of pages: 388
Format: PDF
File size: 26 MB
Year: 2012
Number of pages: 388
Format: PDF
File size: 26 MB
Thanks to the collection of Arabic fairy tales "A Thousand and One Nights," Harun al-Rashid became perhaps the most famous ruler of the Muslim world. However, Harun's personality and the real events that took place during his reign, as a rule, remained in the shadow of his fabulous prototype. The book by French orientalist Andre Clos aims to show readers the true face of the legendary caliph. If most readers know Harun al-Rashid as a pampered and capricious sovereign enjoying life surrounded by concubines and musicians in his Baghdad palace, then the reality is completely different: from childhood, Harun was forced to fight for life and power. The youngest son of Caliph Mutasim and a Yemeni slave, he barely survived the reign of his older brother. Having become a caliph, Harun faced many difficulties: he inherited from his ancestors unsettled disputes between the descendants of the Prophet Muhammad, who claimed power, religious feuds between Sunnis and Shiites. The vast Muslim empire, inhabited by a wide variety of peoples, was not easily kept in obedience.
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