[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Foreign](https://indike.org/pramana/inf) › [Islamic world](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl) › [Arabic](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar) › [Encyclopaedias](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua) › [مسالك الأبصار في ممالك الأمصار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar) › [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar~en-mt) › 2.110 # مسالك الابصار في ممالك الامصار 2.110 English (machine translation) 2.110 - **Language:** English ### [2.110](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar~en-mt.2.110) Their breeds and shapes differ, and their fodder according to these differences. I will tell you the most each elephant needs per day and the least. The most it needs per day is forty raṭls of rice, sixty raṭls of barley, twenty raṭls of ghee and half a load of grass. As for what their keepers and attendants need, that is a large sum and many things. He said: The superintendent (shiḥna) of the elephants is a great man among the grandees of the state. - [Previous: 2.109](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar~en-mt.2.109) - [Next: 2.111](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar~en-mt.2.111) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar~en-mt.2) ## Translations (1) - [Masáliku-l Absár (extracts)](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar~en-elliot.1.12) — Henry Miers Elliot & John Dowson 1871, English ## Linked texts (1) - [مسالك الأبصار في ممالك الأمصار](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar.2.110) — Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʿUmarī, Arabic --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar~en-mt.2.110](https://indike.org/pramana/inf.isl.ar.mawsua.masalik-al-absar~en-mt.2.110) · Pramāṇa