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Ahmad ibn al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Ta'rikh Baghdad (History of Baghdad) (1058 AD) from baghdad
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Ahmad ibn al-Khatib al-Baghdadi, Ta'rikh Baghdad (History of Baghdad) (1058 AD) from baghdad
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Taken from: Baghdad During the Abbasid Caliphate: From Contemporary Arabic and Persian Sources by G Le Strange
…..about its head and neck (of the lions) were iron chains; and in diverse neighboring gardens there were other elephants and lions, also giraffes and hunting-leopards, which were all duly brought out for the inspection of the Greek ambassadors. Among the most famous buildings….(the ambassadors of Byzantine emperor Constantine Porpyrogenitus in AD917)
Taken from: Baghdad During the Abbasid Caliphate: From Contemporary Arabic and Persian Sources by G Le Strange
…..about its head and neck (of the lions) were iron chains; and in diverse neighboring gardens there were other elephants and lions, also giraffes and hunting-leopards, which were all duly brought out for the inspection of the Greek ambassadors. Among the most famous buildings….(the ambassadors of Byzantine emperor Constantine Porpyrogenitus in AD917)