the ledger of connections
The Connections of Harun al-Rashid
5th Abbasid caliph (r. 786–809) Every person recorded alongside Harun al-Rashid in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Harun al-Rashid in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Al-Mahdi, Al-Khayzuran
- Spouses
- Zubaidah bint Ja`far, Abbasa bint Sulayman, Umm Muhammad bint Salih, Maridah bint Shabib, Al Karmahana
- Children
- Al-Mu'tasim, Al-Amin, al-Maʾmun, Ahmed Al-Sabti, Al-Qasim ibn Harun al-Rashid, Abu ʿIsa Muhammad ibn Harun al-Rashid, Sukaynah bint Harun al-Rashid
- Siblings
- Al-Hadi, Ulaia binte Almadi, Abbasa, Banuqa, Ubaydallah ibn al-Mahdi, Ibrahim ibn al-Mahdi
- Teachers
- Shu'ba Ibn al-Ḥajjāj, Abu 'Ubaida, Mufaḍḍal ibn Muḥammad al-Ḍabbī, Al-Kisa'i
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 766 CE to 809 CE.
Medieval era
Mahavira
800 CE – 875 CE
Mathematician
Medieval era
Adi Shankara
788 CE – 820 CE
An Indian philosopher and theologian who consolidated the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta and revitalized Sanskrit scholasticism.
Medieval era
Abu Jafar al-Mansur
714 CE – October 7, 775 CE
Second Abbasid Caliph (714-775)
Medieval era
Al-Mu'tasim
796 CE – January 5, 842 CE
8th Abbasid Caliph. (r. 833–842)
Medieval era
Charlemagne
April 2, 748 CE – January 28, 814 CE
King of the Franks crowned first Holy Roman Emperor, father of Europe
Medieval era
Al-Khwarizmi
c. 750 CE – 846 CE
Mathematician of Baghdad who gave the world algebra and algorithms
Medieval era
Du Fu
712 CE – 770 CE
Tang dynasty Chinese poet (712–770)
Medieval era
Al-Jahiz
775 CE – 868 CE
Arabic writer (776–869)
Medieval era
Fatima al-Fihri
800 CE – 880 CE
Legendary founder of the al-Qarawiyyin mosque
Medieval era
Offa of Mercia
c. 800 CE – July 29, 796 CE
King of Mercia
Medieval era
Egbert of Wessex
771 CE – 839 CE
King of Wessex
Medieval era
Pepin the Short
715 CE – September 24, 768 CE
King of the Franks from 751 to 768