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mahout
Sign in to savethumb|An image of the elephant keeper in India riding his elephant from Tashrih al-aqvam (1825).
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- Military unit.unit_name
- Mahout
- Military unit.native_name
- Mahout
- Military unit.country
- Historical India Kingdom of Sri Lanka
- Military unit.branch
- Cavalry (melee)
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thumb|An image of the elephant keeper in India riding his elephant from Tashrih al-aqvam (1825).
A mahout is an elephant rider, trainer, or keeper. Mahouts were used since antiquity for both civilian and military use. Traditionally, mahouts came from ethnic groups with generations of elephant keeping experience, with a mahout retaining his elephant throughout its working life or service years.