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786| c. 786 | Arab Caliphate [art] | The Abbasid caliph Harun ar-Rashid encourages artistic activity at his court. Stories, founded on an earlier Persian collection of tales, are recorded in the archives and give rise to the legend of Scheherezade and the Alf Laylah wa-Laylah/A Thousand and One Nights – The Arabian Nights. Some of the tales involve Harun and his friend the great lyric poet Abu Nuwas. | | 786 | Arab Caliphate [political events] | The death of Abbasid caliph Al Hadi leads to the accession of his younger brother, Harun ar-Rashid, to the throne. Al Hadi is said to have been murdered by his mother, who favours Harun. Harun makes Yahya the Barmakid his vizier and awards him and his four sons great powers. Harun reigns until 809, presiding over a golden age of Arab civilization. |
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