Manipuri to English:
꯷꯹꯷ ꯑꯦꯗꯤ ꯗ(ꯅꯠꯇ꯭ꯔꯒ ꯑꯣꯏꯊꯣꯛꯄ ꯌꯥꯕꯗ ꯸꯰꯱ ꯑꯦꯗꯤ), ꯕꯥꯒꯗꯥꯗꯀꯤ ꯑ꯭ꯕꯕꯥꯁꯤꯙ ꯈꯥꯂꯤꯐ, ꯍꯥꯔꯨꯟ ꯑꯜ-ꯔꯥꯁꯤꯗꯅ ꯆꯥꯔꯂꯦꯃꯥꯒꯅꯦꯕꯨ ꯑꯕꯨꯜ-ꯑ꯭ꯕꯕꯥꯁ ꯀꯧꯕ ꯑꯦꯁꯤꯌꯥꯒꯤ ꯁꯥꯃꯨ ꯑꯃꯒ ꯏꯁꯤꯡꯒꯤ ꯘꯥꯔꯤꯒꯤ "ꯌꯥꯝꯅ ꯁꯥꯟꯗꯣꯛꯅ ꯇꯥꯛꯄ ꯈꯨꯗꯝ" ꯑꯃꯒ ꯂꯣꯏꯅꯅ ꯈꯨꯗꯣꯜ ꯇꯝꯈꯤ꯫
In 797 AD (or possibly 801 AD), the Abbasid caliph of Baghdad, Harun al-Rashid, presented Charlemagne with an Asian elephant named Abul-Abbas, together with a "particularly elaborate example" of a water clock.