* Abul-Abbas, the Asian elephant given to Charlemagne by Harun ar-Rashid in 797 or 802, of pneumonia.

Hanno ( Italian, Annone ; c. 1510 – 8 June 1516 ) was the pet white elephant given by King Manuel I of Portugal to Pope Leo X ( born Giovanni de ' Medici ) at his coronation.

* Abul-Abbas, the Asian elephant given to Charlemagne by Harun ar-Rashid in 797 or 802.

* The elephant given by Louis IX of France to Henry III of England, for his menagerie in the Tower of London in 1255 ( see: Sandwich, Kent ).

Abul-Abbas, also Abul Abaz or Abulabaz, was an Asian elephant given to Emperor Charlemagne by the caliph of Baghdad, Harun al-Rashid, in 797.

Although African elephants are significantly bigger than Asian Elephants, African powers did not make nearly as much use of the animals in warfare or ceremonial affairs, given that the African elephant is much less easily tamed than its Asian counterpart.

# That the word signified an elephant in the language of the Moors, and was given as a surname to one of the Julii because he had killed an elephant.

Capturing elephants from the wild remained a difficult task, but a necessary one given the difficulties of breeding in captivity and the long time required for an elephant to reach sufficient maturity to engage in battle.

The British regiments and native units were also awarded the Assaye battle honour and most were later given permission to adopt an Assaye elephant as part of their insignia.

Though they are minority populations, they are treated as equals with the elephants, and are given the same rights, liberties, and respects that the elephants have, and are fully incorporated into the elephant society.

Ajatasatru at last agreed and sent a request to both his brothers to give the elephant and the necklace to him, which both his brothers denied saying that these gifts were given by their dear father so why should they part from them?

Carter was also given an elephant from Sri Lanka from an immigrant.

For many years the bridge was considered something of a white elephant given its elaborate design yet relatively low traffic levels compared to the congested Kingston Bridge further upstream.

Known in ancient times as Gharapuri, the present name Elephanta, was given by 17th century Portuguese explorers, after seeing a monolithic basalt sculpture of an elephant found here near the entrance.

The residing deity of the temple was later called Hakim Nanjunda ; as given by the Tippu Sultan as it is said a favorite elephant of his was cured after prayer was offered to the deity.

Afzal Khan was also given a popular elephant Howdah named Dhal-Gaj.

" elephant demon ") is a generic name given to an asura ( demon ), who assumes the form of an elephant.

There also exists a Vocaloid song sung by Len Kagamine, Dream Eating Monochrome Baku, about the Baku, depicting it / him as a sharply dressed blond boy ( Len Kagamine ) with an elephant cane.

Severe historical penalties include breaking wheel, boiling to death, flaying, slow slicing, disembowelment, crucifixion, impalement, crushing ( including crushing by elephant ), stoning, execution by burning, dismemberment, sawing, decapitation, scaphism, necklacing or blowing from a gun.

Criminal Execution by elephant | executed by an elephant, Baroda State | Baroda.

General limitations about the structure and philosophy of CITES include: by design and intent it focuses on trade at the species level and does not address habitat loss, ecosystem approaches to conservation, or poverty ; it seeks to prevent unsustainable use rather than promote sustainable use ( which generally conflicts with the Convention on Biological Diversity ), although this has been changing ( see Nile Crocodile, African elephant, South African white rhino case studies in Hutton and Dickinson 2000 ).

An elephant clock in a manuscript by Al-Jazari ( 1206 AD ) from The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices. In the 13th century, Al-Jazari, a Kurdish Muslim engineer from Mesopotamia ( lived 1136-1206 ) who worked for Artuqid king of Diyar-Bakr, Nasir al-Din, made numerous clocks of all shapes and sizes.

The bestiary contains a drawing depicting an elephant on its back being dragged along the ground by another elephant, with a caption stating that elephants lacked knees.

Discharging both barrels at the same time has long been a hunting trick employed by hunters using 8 gauge " elephant " shotguns, firing the two two-ounce slugs for sheer stopping power at close range.

In the ten years preceding a decision in 1989 by CITES to ban international trade in African elephant ivory the population of African elephants declined from 1. 3 million to around 600, 000.

* 1903 – Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by Thomas Edison during the War of Currents campaign.

* 971 – In China, the war elephant corps of the Southern Han are soundly defeated at Shao by crossbow fire from Song Dynasty troops.

KR is most commonly used to refer to representations intended for processing by modern computers, and in particular, for representations consisting of explicit objects ( the class of all elephants, or Clyde a certain individual ), and of assertions or claims about them (' Clyde is an elephant ', or'all elephants are grey ').

Soon after their discovery, the archipelago was regularly visited by whalers and sealers ( mostly British, American and Norwegian ) who hunted the resident populations of whales and seals to the point of near extinction, including fur seals in the 18th century and elephant seals in the 19th century.

* 1874 – A cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly, is considered the first important use of an elephant as a symbol for the United States Republican Party.

The Cyclops ' origins have also been surmised to be the results of Ancient Greeks finding an elephant skull, by paleontologist Othenio Abel in 1914.

This was embraced by the team, who then made a white elephant the team's mascot, and often incorporated it into the logo or sleeve patches.

The elephant was retired as team mascot in 1963 by then-owner Charles O. Finley in favor of a Missouri mule ( it was also rumored to have been done by Finley in order to attract fans from the then heavily Democratic constituents of Missouri by replacing the traditional Republican mascot to one associated with Democrats ).

Variants include having rings along the length of the straight back edge as found in the nine-ring guan dao for use as distractions or entanglements for incoming enemy weapons, having the tip curl into a rounded spiral as in the elephant guan dao, or featuring a more ornate design as exemplified by the dragon head guan dao.

Ngaw ( ง ้ าว, ของ ้ าว ) is a pole weapon that was traditionally used in Thailand by elephant warriors.

After the battle Caesar grant Legio V Alaudae the right to bear the elephant symbol on its shields and standards, for bravery against a charge of elephants.

This was from an elephant killed by Sir V. Brooke and measured in length, and nearly in circumference, and weighed.

A bronze elephant is located at the front of the Old Parliament House which was a gift from King Chulalongkorn or King Rama V of Siam ( now known as Thailand ) as a token of appreciation after his stay on 15 March 1871.

Sketch of Hanno, the elephant offered to the Pope by Manuel I of Portugal, from title page of Leitura Nova.

* Hanno, or Annone, was a white elephant presented by king Manuel I of Portugal to Pope Leo X on the occasion of his coronation in 1514.

He does not cease to marvel at the extraordinary wildlife which is far more plentiful around the Gambia, notably the hippopotamus ( which he calls the " horse fish ") and the largely unfamiliar African elephant ( whose meat he was tempted to taste-a piece of which he salted and brought back to Portugal for Prince Henry himself ; a preserved elephant's foot would be forwarded to Henry's sister, Isabella, Duchess of Burgundy.

Analyzing Albrecht Dürer's famous 1515 woodcut, it is possible that the liberties taken with the rhino's design were in fact designs for a suit of armour created for the rhinoceros's fight against an elephant in Portugal.