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Al-Khayzuran

Al-Khayzuran a former slave girl from Yemen, and mother of the Caliph Harun al-Rashid which was the 5th and most famous Abbasid Caliph from 786 until 809.

al-Khayzuran a woman of strong personality who greatly influenced Harun and the affairs of the empire in the reigns of her husband and sons until her death in 789.

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