Fall of the Barmakids
803 · Event
Harun abruptly destroys the Persian family of viziers who had run his empire for seventeen years: Ja'far is beheaded and the rest imprisoned.
On these timelines: The Islamic Golden Age, Major Religions, Persia and Iran, Islam, Master
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