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Harun ar-Rashid becomes fifth caliph of the Abbasid dynasty after the short rule of his brother Musa al-Hadi (785-786). He extends the power of the Islamic caliphate from Asia to Africa, with Baghdad the centerpiece of Arabic culture.
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