History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c26.6
History of Indian and Eastern Architecture v2.c26.6
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v2.c26.6
The supremacy of the Khalîfat was as brief as it was brilliant. Its hour of greatest glory was about the year A.D. 800, in the reign of Hârûn *al*-Rashîd. From that time decay set in; and after two centuries more the effeminacy and corruption inherent in Eastern dynasties had so far progressed as to encourage the Northern hordes to move.