مسالك الابصار في ممالك الامصار 2.109
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2.109
He said: The Sultan bestows on those in his service, of their various kinds—men of the sword, the pen and learning—every splendid thing and precious sort: lands and wealth, jewels, horses, gold-ornamented saddles, golden belts, and fabrics of various kinds and types—except elephants, which belong to him alone; no one among all the people shares them with him. He said: The elephants have large allowances for their fodder; perhaps these three thousand elephants (manuscript p. 30) could be sustained only by the revenue of a large kingdom. I asked him: How much do they get? He said:
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- Masáliku-l Absár (extracts) — Henry Miers Elliot & John Dowson 1871, English
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- مسالك الأبصار في ممالك الأمصار — Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʿUmarī, Arabic