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The Chautauquan, Vol. 05, April 1885

Note 2 — ARISTOTLE.

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“Haroun-al-Raschid,” Aaron the Just. (765-809.) The caliph who raised Bagdad to its greatest splendor, and whose reign was looked upon as the golden era of the Mohammedan nation. He reigned twenty-three years and performed the pilgrimage to Mecca nine times. He is famous as the hero of the Arabian tales. Tennyson wrote of him in his “Recollections of Arabian Nights.”

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