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The result was: promoted by Jumpy542 talk 22:50, 9 July 2024 (UTC)

Charlemagne

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... that Charlemagne owned an elephant which he received as a gift from the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid?

Source: Paul E. Dutton, Charlemagne's Mustache: And Other Cultural Clusters of a Dark Age, pp. 59-61

Reviewed:

Improved to Good Article status by Seltaeb Eht (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

Seltaeb Eht (talk) 23:43, 22 June 2024 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: None required.

Overall: The hook and the article have no problems; this is my second review, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. TheNuggeteer (talk) 03:20, 25 June 2024 (UTC)

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