[Footnote 76: For the situation of Racca, the old
Nicephorium, consult D'Anville, (l'Euphrate et le Tigre, p.
24 - 27.) The Arabian Nights represent Harun al Rashid as
almost stationary in Bagdad. He respected the royal seat of
the Abbassides: but the vices of the inhabitants had driven
him from the city, (Abulfed. Annal. p. 167.)]