Abul-Abbas
Elephant sent as a gift from Harun al-Rashid to Charlemagne / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the historic elephant. For the Qur'anic figure of the same name, see Khidr. For the chessman known as Charlemagne's elephant, see Elephant of Yusuf al-Bahili.
Abul-Abbas (c. 770s or 780s – 810) was an Asian elephant brought back to the Carolingian emperor Charlemagne by his diplomat Isaac the Jew. The gift was from the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid and symbolizes the beginning of Abbasid–Carolingian relations. The elephant's name and events from his life are recorded in the Carolingian Annales regni Francorum,[1][2][lower-alpha 2] and he is mentioned in Einhard's Vita Karoli Magni.[3][lower-alpha 3] However, no references to the gift or to interactions with Charlemagne have been found in Abbasid records.[5]
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Species | Asian elephant |
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Sex | Male |
Born | c. 770s or 780s[lower-alpha 1] Abbasid Caliphate (possibly) |
Died | 810 (aged around 20–30) likely near Münster or Wesel, Germany |
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