– Kuhaylan Harqan is Kuhaylan al-Ruwayl, an old strain from the Sharif(s) of Mecca then Qahtan I think (Ibn Qarmalah?). Dozens of pages on K. Harqan in the Abbas Pasha Manuscript. It would be great if there still were some horses from this strain today.
Abu Arqub is a branch of Kuhaylan, see the reference in the Abbas Pasha Manuscript. Raswan was mistaken when he put it as a separate strain in his Index.
This blog is maintained by Edouard al-Dahdah, a breeder and lover of Desert Arabian Horses, and otherwise an economist at the World Bank in Washington, DC. It seeks to share a passion, of course, but also to raise awareness about desert Arabian horses, their homeland and their heritage, in a transparent and participatory way. Keep reading and I will keep posting.
July 12th, 2009 2:44 pm
– Kuhaylan Harqan is Kuhaylan al-Ruwayl, an old strain from the Sharif(s) of Mecca then Qahtan I think (Ibn Qarmalah?). Dozens of pages on K. Harqan in the Abbas Pasha Manuscript. It would be great if there still were some horses from this strain today.
July 12th, 2009 3:00 pm
– Ought to write a piece about the pre-Islamic Arabian god Ya’sub — he was represented by a horse. Ibn al-Kalbi’s “Book of Idols” has more.
July 14th, 2009 4:54 pm
– I think I am going to propose the mare *Lebnaniah for inclusion in the Al Khamsa roster.
July 28th, 2009 3:54 pm
Abu Arqub is a branch of Kuhaylan, see the reference in the Abbas Pasha Manuscript. Raswan was mistaken when he put it as a separate strain in his Index.