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  • And as to the affair in the desert – no one would dare while Haroun is Caliph to attack a caravan.

    Hauff's Fairy Tales, Translated and Adapted Cicely Hauff McDonnell 1903

  • He had the reputation of extraordinary wisdom, but was difficult of access; the lively imagination of the Orientals invested his character with the fascinations of fable, -- in short, Haroun of Aleppo was popularly considered a magician.

    A Strange Story — Volume 02 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • He had the reputation of extraordinary wisdom, but was difficult of access; the lively imagination of the Orientals invested his character with the fascinations of fable, -- in short, Haroun of Aleppo was popularly considered a magician.

    A Strange Story — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • Then, suddenly clearly again, in Arabic: "Haroun, bury me at sea if I don't reach Dorje.

    Jimgrim Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1931

  • "Haroun is a wise man," said the fairy, "but, unfortunately, only a man.

    Hauff's Fairy Tales, Translated and Adapted Cicely Hauff McDonnell 1903

  • At this name Haroun looked very black, for El Hadi had desired to set

    Tales of the Caliph H. N. Crellin

  • Then the man with the stomach and swagger -- he whom Fred called Haroun-al-Raschid -- took a hand in masterly style.

    The Ivory Trail Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1920

  • Then the man with the stomach and swagger -- he whom Fred called Haroun-al-Raschid -- took a hand in masterly style.

    The Ivory Trail Talbot Mundy 1909

  • Where there was a mild-mannered, Cold War, pre-video-game, traditionalist aspect to "Haroun," "Luka" is more fast-paced, apocalyptic, "Matrix" and video-game saturated.

    Book Review Roundup: Rockefellers, Steve Martin, Jay Leno And More The Huffington Post News Team 2010

  • Where there was a mild-mannered, Cold War, pre-video-game, traditionalist aspect to "Haroun," "Luka" is more fast-paced, apocalyptic, "Matrix" and video-game saturated.

    Book Review Roundup: Rockefellers, Steve Martin, Jay Leno And More The Huffington Post News Team 2010

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