This Day in History: 0809-03-24

(24 March) The 5th Abbasid Caliph Harun al-Rashid died because of an internal illness after ruling the vast empire for 23 years. He died at Tus in eastern Persia during an expedition to suppress a rebellion that had broken out in Samarqand. On Harun’s death, his eldest son al-Amin ascended the throne of Baghdad.