Ibn Duqmaq: Al Jawhar al-Thamin;
(The precious Stone) (d1406)
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Taken from: Mamluks and Animals: Veterinary Medicine in Medieval by Housni Alkhateeb Shehada
In 1393 the Mamluk sultan
received an elephant, a giraffe, lions, and other wild animals that were sent as a gift by the ruler of the Dahlak (1) archipelago. (2)
Left the Mausoleum and Madrasa of Sultan Barquq who received the gifts Cairo, Egypt
(1) Dahlak: island off the Eritrean coast.
(2) This is repeated by Hafiz Ibn Hajar al Asqalani (d1448)