R’Leo Knul

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☨ R’Leo Knul
Profession	village mahout
Personal details
Ethnic group	Mnong
Born	1871 in Vietnam

Dead	1941 in Vietnam

Residence
Country	Vietnam

Locations
Title	chief mahout 1938-1941
Location	at Buon Don village in Vietnam

Biography details

R’Leo Knul , Mnong village mahout in Vietnam

Knul was born * 1871 in Vietnam dead 1941 , in Vietnam .

The tomb of R’Leo Knul lies next to his uncle’s tomb. Born in 1871, he succeeded Khunjunob as tribal chief, and developed the tradition of elephant Hunting and taming in the Village. R’Leo Knul tamed a white elephant for the late emperor Bao Dai. R’Leo Knul died in 1941 at the age of 70.

The grave of Y Thu Knul in the middle. A year after his death, in 1939, his nephew R'Leo Knul held the ceremony of grave abandoning and had a tomb built for him in the M'Nong-Laos architectural style. The tomb of R'Leo Knul himself lies next to his uncle's tomb. Photo: © Dan Koehl, 2012.

R’Leo Knul is mentioned on 2 location pagesN’Thu K’nul (Khunjunob), R’leo Knul,

Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). mahout R’Leo Knul in Vietnam. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 18 June 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/person.php?id=578. (archived at the Wayback machine)

Sources used for this article is among others:

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/travel/262/elephant-hunter-cemetery-in-dak-lak.html

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