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British Pakistani musician (born 1973)

For other uses, see Haroon (disambiguation).

Musical artist

Known simply by his mononym Haroon, he is a Pakistani pop star and an award winning director and producer.Haroon is a British-born Pakistani Peabody award winning singer-songwriter, music producer, composer, director, script-writer and social activist.

Formerly a member of the pop band Awaz in the 1990s, Haroon as a solo artist has sold millions of singles and albums worldwide and has performed at large venues such as the Wembley Arena.

As the founding CEO of Unicorn Black, an animation production company, he is the creator and director of the multi- award winning 3D animated television series Burka Avenger which received global critical acclaim. His company has also produced Teetoo and Tania, developed the pilot for Quaid Say Baatein and other successful animated series.

Early life

Haroon was born in London, England, to a Pakistani born-father and New Zealand mother. His birth name is Aaron Haroon Rashid

Music career

Awaz

After graduating in the early 1990s with a degree in business administration from George Washington University in the United States, he formed the band Awaz with a couple of musician friends, Faakhir and Assad Ahmed.

Haroon and the band made a video

• Aaron Haroon Rashid simply known as Haroon, is a British-born Pakistani Peabody award winning singer-songwriter, music producer, composer, director and social activist. Formerly a member of the pop band Awaz in the 1990s, Haroon has sold millions of singles and albums worldwide and has performed at large venues such as the Wembley Arena. (en)
• Aaron Haroon Rashid (né le 11 mai 1973 à Londres au Royaume-Uni), connu sous son nom de scène Haroon (en ourdou ھارون), est un auteur-compositeur-interprète britannique et pakistanais de pop ainsi qu'un producteur. (fr)
• Aaron Haroon Rashid, artiestennaam Haroon (Londen, 11 mei 1973), is een Brits-Pakistaans zanger, songwriter en filmproducent. Hij verkocht meer dan een miljoen cd's en muziekcassettes en is de producent achter de animatieserie Burka avenger uit 2013. (nl)

5th Abbasid caliph (r. 786–809)

This article is about fifth Abbasid caliph. For other uses, see Haroon Rashid.

Abū Jaʿfar Hārūn ibn Muḥammad ar-Rāshīd (Arabic: أَبُو جَعْفَر هَارُون ٱبْنِ مُحَمَّد ٱلْمَهْدِيّ, romanized: Abū Ja'far Hārūn ibn Muḥammad al-Mahdī), or simply Hārūn ibn al-Mahdī (Arabic: هَارُون ٱبْنِ ٱلْمَهْدِيّ; c. 763 or 766 – 24 March 809), famously known as Hārūn ar-Rāshīd (Arabic: هَارُون ٱلرَّشِيد, romanized: Hārūn ar-Rashīd), was the fifth Abbasid caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate, reigning from September 786 until his death in March 809. His reign is traditionally regarded to be the beginning of the Islamic Golden Age. His epithetal-Rashid translates to "the Orthodox", "the Just", "the Upright", or "the Rightly-Guided".

Harun established the legendary library Bayt al-Hikma ("House of Wisdom") in Baghdad in present-day Iraq, and during his rule Baghdad began to flourish as a world center of knowledge, culture and trade. During his rule, the family of Barmakids, which played a deciding role in establishing the Abbasid Caliphate, declined gradually. In 796, he moved his court and government to Raqqa in present-day Syria. Domestically, Harun pursued policies similar to those of his father Al-Mahdi. He released many of the Umayyads and 'Alids his brother Al-Hadi had imprisoned and declared amnesty for all political groups of the Quraysh. Large scale hostilities broke out with Byzantium, and under his rule, the Abbasid Empire reached its peak.

A Frankish mission came to offer Harun friendship in 799. Harun sent various presents with the emissaries on their return to Charlemagne's court, including a clock that Charlemagne and his retinue deemed to be a conjuration because of the sounds it emanated and the tricks it displayed every time an hour ticked. Portions of the fictional One Thousand and One Nights are set in Har