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Zubaydah

wife of Hārūn ar-Rashīd

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construction in Mecca

In history of Arabia: Regional centres
Zubaydah, wife of the caliph Hārūn al-Rashīd, celebrated for her public works, is said to have ordered the construction of the qanāt, a tunneled conduit that took water to Mecca. The threat of insurrection by Legitimist pretenders of the ʿAlīd branch of the Hashemite house—who…
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role in court

In Hārūn al-Rashīd: ʿAbbāsid wealth under Hārūn
His wife Zubaydah, herself a member of the ʿAbbāsid family, would have at her table only vessels of gold and silver studded with gems. Hārūn’s palace was an enormous institution, with numerous eunuchs, concubines, singing girls, and male and female servants. He himself was a connoisseur of…
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