Excerpt from Haroun Alraschid Caliph of Bagdad
The name of the Caliph Haroun Alraschid is inseparably associated with the most charming collection of stories ever invented for the solace and delight of mankind. Whether there ever was any "Aaron the Just" in the flesh - whether he is not as legendary as King Arthur - it seldom occurs to the ordinary reader to inquire. The stories belong to all time and to no time. The king no doubt still wanders incognito in the streets of Bagdad; one-eyed Calendars still tell their tales; fishermen continue to delude the stupid genie; Aladdin goes on rubbing his lamp. The great Caliph has nothing to do with reality; his Bagdad is a city which may be on the Euphrates or on any other river, provided it be a stately city by a stately river; he, his empire, his crown, his city, his palace, his people, his officers, his harem, belong all alike to Fableland, where everybody has been hitherto content to leave them.
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