Hundred Great Muslims

366 Hundred Great Muslims
to remedy evils, to redress wrongs, and to acquaint himself personally with the
condition of his people. Nine times he himself led the caravan of pilgrimsto the
Holy Cities, and this brought the nations under his sway to recognise and
appreciate his personality, and to value the advantages of Islamic solidarity. His
Court was the most brilliant of the time, to it came the learned and wise from all
parts of the world, who were always entertained with munificent liberality.
Unstinted patronage was extended to arts and science, and every branch of
mental study. He was the first to elevate music into a nobel profession,
establishing degrees and honours, as in science and literature".
"Haroon took great interest in art and science", observe Encyclopaedia
of Islam, ",,,.d his brilliant Court was a centre of all branches of scholarship.
In legend and tradition he has always been looked upon as the personification
of oriental power and splendour and his fame spread throughout the East
and the West by the Arabian Nights':