Ahmad ibn Harun al-Rashid

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Era: The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Abbasid Fragmentation · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abd al-Ala al-Sadafi · Abd al-Azim al-Hasani · Abu Al Hudhayl Al Allaf · Abu Hafs al-Kabir · Abu Nasr al-Tamar

Overview

Abu'l-'Abbas Ahmad b. Harun al-Rashid b. al-Mahdi b. al-Mansur, the Hashimi; a righteous servant who abandoned the world in his father's lifetime though able to have it, preferring withdrawal and seclusion — he was surnamed for working with his hands on Saturday a thing he spent through the week, devoting the rest to worship. Ibn al-Jawzi includes him in Safwat al-safwa. ¹

Sources

Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan

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