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Harun (Arabic: هارون, Hārūn), also transliterated as Haroon or Haroun or Hamroun, [citation needed] is a common male given name of Arabic origin, related to the Hebrew name of the Prophet Aaron.
About his reign, famous Arab historian Al-Masudi said: So great were the Splendour and riches of his reign, such was its prosperity, that this period has been called "the Honeymoon". [71] Al-Rashid become the progenitor of subsequent Abbasid caliphs. Al-Rashid nominated his son Muhammad al-Amin as his first heir.
Arabic literature (Arabic: الأدب العربي / ALA-LC: al-Adab al-‘Arabī) is the writing, both as prose and poetry, produced by writers in the Arabic language.The Arabic word used for literature is Adab, which comes from a meaning of etiquette, and which implies politeness, culture and enrichment.
Under Islamic rule, though forced to live with certain restrictions, Arab Christians such as Al-Akhtal al-Taghlibi or Ibn al-Tilmidh continued to use Arabic for their poetry. However, these poets seldom addressed their personal Christian faith in their works. [15] Other ethnicities under Arab rule adapted Arabic poetry over the coming centuries.
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Modern Standard Arabic is also spoken by people of Arab descent outside the Arab world when people of Arab descent speaking different dialects communicate to each other. As there is a prestige or standard dialect of vernacular Arabic, speakers of standard colloquial dialects code-switch between these particular dialects and MSA. [citation needed]
Harun of Barcelona (Arabic: هارون البرشلوني) was the last Wali of Barcelona, ruling from 800 to 801, during the Siege of Barcelona. [1]A Muwallad Muslim of local Visigothic stock, [2] Harun succeeded as Wali when his predecessor, Sa'dun al Ruayni was captured by besieging Frankish forces while trying to reach Córdoba to raise help.
It contains stories from the Arab world the stories originating in the 10th century, [8] the title page of this medieval Arab story collection has been lost, but the opening sentence of its introduction declares that these are "al-hikayat al-‘ajiba wa’l-akhbar al-ghariba", which translate in english to "Tales of the Marvellous and News of ...