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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gregarious, post: 2709102, member: 82430&quot;]Caliph al-Rashid, on whose court the tales of &quot;One Thousand and One Nights&quot; took place. His palace in Baghdad was the epitome of oriental splendor and lavish sumptuousness.Emperor Charlemagne, al-Rashids counterpart in faraway Europe, could only dream of such luxury. Charles maintained diplomatic relations with al-Rashid and was impressed by the presents the Caliph sent him, one of which was an Indian Elephant named Abul Abbas. Charlemagne took Abul Abbas with him on his travels throughout Germany as fitting for a great prince to have exotic animals as proof of his far reaching contacts. Abul, sadly, was not cut out for the vagrant life, as he died within only a few years of traveling with the emperor.</p><p><br /></p><p>Abbasid Empire, Harun al-Rashid silver Dirham 786-809 </p><p><br /></p><p>FEEL FREE TO POST COMMENTS AND PICS PEEPS<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]611274[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]611275[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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