Daughter of the Wind: a blog on desert arabian horses, past and present

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My pages

• – What is a blog?
• About this blog
• Articles by other bloggers
  • The Hungarian State Stud at Babolna and the Desert Arabian Horse (by Tzviah Idan)
  • The Non-Mesaoud Program at Crabbet Stud (by R.J. Cadranell)
  • The Syrian Desert Horse: European Benchmarks (by Joe Achcar)
• Articles I wrote
  • A simple framework for assessing the purity of Desert Arabian Horses
  • Examining the Hujjah and People Behind *Al Mashoor
  • Racing in the Middle East (part 1)
  • Translation of the hujjah of the desert-bred mare Meshura
  • What is Asil?
• Asil Genealogies
  • *Abeyah (U. Sharrak)
  • *Al Hamdaniyah (Hamdaniyah)
  • *Hadba (H. Enzahi)
  • *Mahraa (Ubayyan)
  • *Munifeh (Kuhayla)
  • *Nedjme (K. al-Ajuz?)
  • *Nufoud (K. Ajuz)
  • *Samirah (H. Simriyah)
  • *Turfa (Kuhaylah)
  • *Werdi (K. al-Krush)
  • 143 Schmed (Babolna)
  • 39 -Nedjme (Babolna)
  • 74 Tifle (Babolna)
  • Al Obayya (’Ubayyan)
  • Gazella, (K. Ajuz) Poland
  • Meleke (1885), Saqlawiyah (France)
  • Nafaa (Kuhaylah)
  • Queen of Sheba (U. Sharrak)
  • Rodania (K. Rodan)
  • Sawannah (Dahmah)
• Bloggers
• Excerpts from the Al-Dahdah Index
  • Kayane
  • Shaykh al-’Arab
• Global Arabian Horse Registry (GAHR)
• Le French directory
• Quotes, excerpts and so forth
  • Damoiseau’s book (more from ch. 3)
  • From Tweedie’s “The Arabian Horse, His country and People” (London, 1894)
  • J.H. Mueller on the ghazu
  • Damoiseau’s ’Voyage en Syrie et dans le Desert’’ (ch 1, 2)
  • Damoiseau’s book (ch 3)
  • Damoiseau’s book (ch 4)
• My Desert Notebook
  • Conversation with Abd al-Qadir Hammami, horse merchant (07.97)
  • Conversation with Abdallah Abu Sayfayn, Bedouin horse breeder (03.31.07)
  • Conversation with Abdallah ibn Mit’ab al-Jlaidan, Shammar Bedouin breeder (2006)
  • Conversation with Faysal ibn Sattam ibn Mayzar al-Abd al-Muhsin al-Jarba, a Shammar Shaykh (2006)
  • Hujjah of desert-bred Jilfah Stam al-Bulad
  • Hujjah of desert-bred Kuhaylah ibn Jlaidan from Shammar
  • Hujjah of desert-bred Shuwaymat Sabbah from Tai (b. 1978)
• Disclaimer

10 most discussed entries

• Al-Hamdaniah
• Are all strains created equal (continued)
• I Have a Dream
• Introducing Layya
• Kuhaylan al-Mimrah from Egypt to South Africa
• Ne montez pas sur vos grands chevaux
• Nichem: An Asil Arabian from France
• On Denouste’s Dam Djaima
• Photo of the day: Bint Nafaa, b. 1962
• Saudi Arabia’s Asil horses

Arabian nature and culture

• Arabian wildlife
• Splendid Arabia: Saudi Arabia Travel and Trekking Guide
• The Arabian Oryx Project
• Wadi Rum, Desert of Mountains

Bibliographical links

• Blue Pyramid Egyptians Arabian Horse Bibliograhy (Wow!)
• CMK Articles (USA)
• Craver Farms Bibliography List
• Librairie Philippica - a treasure trove!
• Lozanne Publications
• The Kellogg Arabian Horse Library

Blogs I follow

• Blog sur le cheval Akhal Teke (in French)
• Ralph Suarez’s blog

Books I read

• A pilgrimage to Nejd
• Bedouin Tribes of the Euphrates
• En Syrie avec les Bedouins. Les Tribus du Desert
• L’Arabe, Premier Cheval de Sang
• Les Chevaux du Sahara et les Moeurs du Desert (in French)
• My quest of the Arabian Horse
• The Crabbet Arabian Stud, its History and Influence (by R. Archer et.al)
• The tribes of Greater Syria (’Asha’ir al-Sham, in Arabic)

Forums on Asil Horses

• AK Horsemen
• Arabian Lines
• Straight Egyptians

Highlighted Feature: Desert bred imports to Poland and Hungary

• Desert mares from the 1931 Zientarski importation
• Ibrahim
• Kuhailan Afas (Zientarski, 1931)
• Kuhailan Haifi (Zientarski, 1931)
• Kuhailan Zaid (Zientarski, 1931)

Highlighted Feature: French Asil Horses

• El Sbaa and the last Asil horses of France
• More on Rubi de la Mouline
• Nichem: An Asil Arabian from France
• Photo of the day: Best (Besbes x Berthe)
• The last of the Mohicans
• Tracing El Sbaa’s strain
• What can we do about the last French Asil horses?

Highlighted Feature: What is a Strain?

• Are all strains equal (2)
• Are all strains equal?
• How old are strains?
• what is a strain?

Maps

• Bahrain
• Qatar
• Syria
• United Arab Emirates
• Yemen

Photo Album

• Davenport Horse Album
• Doyle Arabian horses photo album
• Famous Asil Arabians photos
• Photos of early Spanish desert imports

Sites I like

• Al Khamsa (USA)
• Asil Club
• Association Francaise du Cheval Bedouin
• Craver Farms (USA)
• Desert mares from the 1931 Zientarski importation
• Egyptian Agricultural Organization (Egypt..)
• Pearl Island Arabian Stud (UK)
• Rare AK Strains (USA)
• Royal Arabian Studs of Bahrain (Bahrain, obviously)
• Syrian Arabian Horse Association
• The Davenport Conservancy (USA)
• The Institute for the Desert Arabian Horse (USA)
• WAHO 2007 Syria website (a treat!)

Strain of the Week

• Kuhaylan al-Dunays
• Kuhaylan al-Hayf (I)
• Kuhaylan al-Hayf (II)
• Kuhaylan al-Hayf (III)
• Kuhaylan al-Hayf (IV)
• Kuhaylan al-Krush (I)
• Kuhaylan al-Krush (II)
• Kuhaylan al-Krush (III)
• Kuhaylan al-Krush (IV)
• Kuhaylan al-Mimrah (I)
• Kuhaylan al-Mimrah (II)
• Kuhaylan al-Mimrah (III)
• Kuhaylan al-Mimrah (IV)
• Kuhaylan Ibn Jlaidan (I)
• Kuhaylan Ibn Jlaidan (II)
• Ma’anaghi Ibn Ufaytan (I)
• Ma’anaghi Ibn Ufaytan (II)
• Ma’anaghi Ibn Ufaytan (III)
• Ma’anaghi Ibn Ufaytan (IV)

Tribal Websites

• Anazah tribe website (in Arabic)
• Aqaydat tribal website (in Arabic)
• Mutair tribe website (in Arabic, some English)
• Shammar tribe website (in Arabic)

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Recent Posts

• Strain of the Week: Krush al-Baida at the Shammar today
• Someone try to explain this to a Bedouin!!
• Babolna’s Mikhail el-Hadad travels to Iraq in 1901/2
• Arabian horses in Turkey
• Happy Thanksgiving
• Musings over skull measurements
• Kuhailan Haifi I (a.k.a Tajar 1934)
• Desert imports to Poland and Hungary: the mares of the 1931 Zientarski importation
• Desert bred imports to Poland and Hungary: Ibrahim, the forgotten sire
• An account of ‘ghazu’ by Sheikh Hmeidi al-Dham of Shammar

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