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<p>[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 6384512, member: 19463"]I do not collect things like this but was attracted to this one at least partially by the 1001 Nights 'link'..... or was it his link to Charlemagne? </p><p>Bagdad AH 185 (801 AD)? I regret my coin is a year before the elephant. (from Wikipedia)"</p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Harun al-Rashid is reported to have sent numerous presents to Charlemagne, including silks, a brass candelabra, perfume, balsam, a tent with multi-colored curtains, ivory chessmen, and an elephant named <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abul-Abbas" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abul-Abbas" rel="nofollow">Abul al-Abbas</a>. The 802 <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Frankish_Annals" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Frankish_Annals" rel="nofollow">Royal Frankish Annals</a></i> briefly describes the arrival of the emissary referred to as Isaac the Jew, who brought with him the elephant Abul al-Abbas.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid%E2%80%93Carolingian_alliance#cite_note-ARF801-1312-28" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid%E2%80%93Carolingian_alliance#cite_note-ARF801-1312-28" rel="nofollow">[28]</a> Abul al-Abbas is reported to have died suddenly in 810, while Charlemagne was on campaign in a town called "Lippeham".<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid%E2%80%93Carolingian_alliance#cite_note-Scholz0912-29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid%E2%80%93Carolingian_alliance#cite_note-Scholz0912-29" rel="nofollow">[29]</a></span></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1252755[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="dougsmit, post: 6384512, member: 19463"]I do not collect things like this but was attracted to this one at least partially by the 1001 Nights 'link'..... or was it his link to Charlemagne? Bagdad AH 185 (801 AD)? I regret my coin is a year before the elephant. (from Wikipedia)" [COLOR=#0000ff]Harun al-Rashid is reported to have sent numerous presents to Charlemagne, including silks, a brass candelabra, perfume, balsam, a tent with multi-colored curtains, ivory chessmen, and an elephant named [URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abul-Abbas']Abul al-Abbas[/URL]. The 802 [I][URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Frankish_Annals']Royal Frankish Annals[/URL][/I] briefly describes the arrival of the emissary referred to as Isaac the Jew, who brought with him the elephant Abul al-Abbas.[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid%E2%80%93Carolingian_alliance#cite_note-ARF801-1312-28'][28][/URL] Abul al-Abbas is reported to have died suddenly in 810, while Charlemagne was on campaign in a town called "Lippeham".[URL='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbasid%E2%80%93Carolingian_alliance#cite_note-Scholz0912-29'][29][/URL][/COLOR] [ATTACH=full]1252755[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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