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The book was mentioned as a source of many stories about the events taking place within the court of the Abbasids, including the story of Al-Qaizuran and her son, Harun al-Rashid.
This is the period described in the Arabian Nights Baghdad, the city which is the capital of the Abbasids is the setting for these these fabulous stories.
— Episode: 138. The Graceful Reed: Ruling the Islam...
Episode: 138. The Graceful Reed: Ruling the Islamic Empire
The book was mentioned as a source of many stories about the events taking place within the court of the Abbasids, including the story of Al-Qaizuran and her son, Harun al-Rashid.
This is the period described in the Arabian Nights Baghdad, the city which is the capital of the Abbasids is the setting for these these fabulous stories.
From the same imagination that produces the stories of the Arabian Knights.
Now the Arabian Knights centres very heavily on the young Harun in disguise visiting the flesh pots of Baghdad in the street in the company with the youngest generation of the Barma kids.