We present a high resolution ( R \sim 43 000 ) abundance analysis of a total of nine stars in three of the five globular clusters associated with the nearby Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy .
These three clusters ( 1 , 2 and 3 ) trace the oldest , most metal-poor stellar populations in Fornax .
We determine abundances of O , Mg , Ca , Ti , Cr , Mn , Fe , Ni , Zn , Y , Ba , La , Nd and Eu in most of these stars , and for some stars also Mn and La .
We demonstrate that classical indirect methods ( isochrone fitting and integrated spectra ) of metallicity determination lead to values of [ Fe/H ] which are 0.3 to 0.5 dex too high , and that this is primarily due to the underlying reference calibration typically used by these studies .
We show that Cluster 1 , with [ Fe /H ] = -2.5 , now holds the record for the lowest metallicity globular cluster .
We also measure an over-abundance of Eu in Cluster 3 stars that has only been previously detected in a subgroup of stars in M15 .
We find that the Fornax globular cluster properties are a global match to what is found in their Galactic counterparts ; including deep mixing abundance patterns in two stars .
We conclude that at the epoch of formation of globular clusters both the Milky Way and the Fornax dwarf spheroidal galaxy shared the same initial conditions , presumably pre-enriched by the same processes , with identical nucleosynthesis patterns .