Elephants - which faction?

[zHunter]

Hi, I've unlocked all the factions, and I'd like to be able to use elephants. Does anyone other than the Timurids have access to them?

[DukeKent]

They are available late in the game as mercenaries around Baghdad. I hired them as the Turks. I want to say a little after turn 100?

[Quillan]

Elephant mercenaries become available after gunpowder. I forget exactly which year they first become available, but there will be no units available to hire for 25-50 turns after that point. I'm not certain if any faction other than the Timurids has elephants they can recruit normally.

[Arcturion]

You can only recruit mercenary elephants and mercenary elephant artillery in Jedda, after the invention of gunpowder.