Elephant of Yusuf al-Bahili

The elephant of Yūsuf al-Bāhilī, known as the Chessman of Charlemagne or Eléphant de Charlemagne, is an ivory sculpture, possibly part of a chess set and probably carved in Sindh in the 9th century AD. It has been in Paris since at least the 16th century.

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