Title: The elephant from Baghdad
Description: Relates the story, told by a monk named Notker the Stammerer, of how the Emperor Charlemagne sent an ambassador to Baghdad, the center of the Muslim world, to learn about the great ruler in the East, Haroun al Rashid. Includes notes on the factual basis of the story.
Subjects: Elephants, Juvenile fiction, History, Fiction, Picture books for children, Children's fiction, Charlemagne, emperor, 742-814, fiction, Elephants, fiction
Places: Islamic Empire
People: Charlemagne Emperor (742-814), Hārūn al-Rashīd Caliph (ca. 763-809)
Time periods: 750-1258