Harun al-Rashid in Premodern Arabic Literary Imaginary: Ideology of Monogamy, Harem Politics, and Court Intrigues

Ouyang, Wen-Chin

Abstract

Harun al-Rashid has a powerful presence in the Medieval Arabic Literary Imaginary. This chapter explores the imaginings of the character, entourage and rule of Harun al-Rashid in medieval Arabic storytelling and adab works and examines the role this body of stories and anecdotes interrogates political authority in pre-modern times.

Citation

Ouyang, W.-C. (2022). Harun al-Rashid in Premodern Arabic Literary Imaginary: Ideology of Monogamy, Harem Politics, and Court Intrigues. In M. van Berkel, & L. Osti (Eds.), The Historian of Islam at Work: Essays in Honor of Hugh N. Kennedy (340-355). Brill. https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004525245_019

• Publication Date: Oct 15, 2022
• Deposit Date: Oct 18, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Oct 18, 2022
• Pages: 340-355
• Series Title: Islamic History and Civilization
• Series Number: 198
• Series ISSN: 0929-2403
• Book Title: The Historian of Islam at Work: Essays in Honor of Hugh N. Kennedy
• ISBN: 9789004525238
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004525245_019