Meknes Royal Stables

Meknes Royal Stables in Morocco were built by despot Moulay Ismail to provide palatial accommodation for his beloved horses.
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Meknes Royal Stables in Morocco were built by despot Moulay Ismail to provide palatial accommodation for his beloved horses. They numbered 12,000, and each of them had its very own groom and slave to tend to all its needs. It is even said that, after a horse had completed a journey to Mecca, slaves were forced to catch its urine in a bowl, as even the earth was too undeserving for the horse to urinate on.

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