[[808]] లో హారూన్ [[ట్ర్రాన్స్ ఓక్సానియా]] లో ప్రయాణం చేస్తున్నపుడు, అనారోగ్యం పాలై మరణించాడు. ఇతనిని [[ఖోరాసాన్]] ([[ఇరాన్]]) గవర్నరైన "హమీద్ ఇబ్న్ ఖహ్తబీ" భవనం లో ఖననం చేశారు. ఈ భవనం 'మష్హద్' (షహీదుల భవనం) గా పేరుచెందింది . <ref>Zabeth (1999) pp. 12-13</ref>
== అల్-మసూదీ వ్యాఖ్యానాలు ==
[[Al-Masudi]] relates a number of interesting anecdotes in ''[[The Meadows of Gold]]'' illuminating the character of this famous caliph. For example, he recounts (p. 94) Harun's delight when his horse came in first, closely followed by al-Ma'mun's, at a race Harun held at Raqqa. Al-Masudi tells the story of Harun setting his poets a challenging task. When others failed to please him, Miskin of Medina succeeded superbly well. The poet then launched into a moving account of how much it had cost him to learn that song. Harun laughed saying he knew not which was more entertaining, the song or the story. He rewarded the poet.
There is also the tale of Harun asking Ishaq ibn Ibrahim to keep singing. The musician did until the caliph fell asleep. Then, strangely, a handsome young man appeared, snatched the musician's lute, sang a very moving piece (al-Masudi quotes it), and left. On awakening and being informed of this, Harun said Ishaq ibn Ibrahim had received a supernatural visitation.
Harun, like a number of caliphs, is given an anecdote connecting a poem with his death. Shortly before he died he is said to have been reading some lines by [[Abu al-Atahiya]] about the transitory nature of the power and pleasures of this world.
