William F. Harrah William F. Harrah William Fisk Harrah (September 2, 1911 – June 30, 1978) was an American businessman and the founder of Harrah's Hotel and Casinos, now part of Caesars Entertainment Corporation. Harrah was born in South Pasadena, California, the son of an attorney and politician. From his early years, Harrah was a driven individual. When the car his father bought him was stolen and stripped he vowed to his sister that one day he would own a duplicate of every automobile the family had ever owned. Now, there is a William F. Harrah Automobile Museum in downtown Reno, Nevada. He
Battle of al-Harrah 682 or early 683, Uthman ibn Muhammad ibn Abi Sufyan, was young, inexperienced and unable to control the brewing opposition to Umayyad rule. Yazid sent an army of 10,000 fighters from Syria against Medina in 683 under General Muslim bin Uqbah al-Marri to "crush" the opposition from both the Medinese and Abdullah ibn Zubayr. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf, then a young soldier and who later played an important political role in the Umayyad caliphate, was part of this army. Abu Sa`id al-Khudri, a Medinite "Sahabi", also fought against the Umayyad army in this battle. "Harrah" is referred to an area covered