Mystery mare is Reem al-Oud, Ubayyah Suhayliyah from Syria
This mare is one of my all-time favorites. I had featured her earlier on this blog, here. Her name is Reem al-Oud [see correction below, actually this is Reem’s daughter Bint al-Oud], she is a Ubayyah Suhayliyah (a branch of the Sharrakiyah) from the tribe of Shammar in Syria. She is currently owned by Shaykh Mayzar al-Ajeel al-Abd al-Karim al-Jarba.
Shaykh Mayzar is a direct descendant of the famous Shaykh ‘Abd al-Karim al-Jarba, who led a bloody rebellion against the Ottoman Turks. The Turks quelled the rebellion, hung ‘Abd al-Karim on a bridge in Mossul, Iraq, in 1874. They put his half-brother Farhan in charge of the Shammar in North Arabia. ‘Abd al-Karim’s mother, Amsheh al-Husayn (a daughter of Husayn al-Assaf, the Shaykh of Tayy) then fled North Arabia with her younger son, Faris, and sought refuge with Ibn Rashid, the ruler of Hail in Central Arabia, and the leader of the Shammar there. Years later, Lady Anne Blunt met both Amsheh and Faris. Faris became Wilfrid Blunt’s “blood brother”.
Back to Reem al-Oud. She is from the marbat of Maskawi al-Ju’aydan al-Shammari, whose clan, al-Ju’aydan, breeds some of the best Ubayyan Suhayli horses among the Shammar. Maskawi’s father Madfaa al-Shazi al-Ju’aydan and his uncle ‘Atnan al-Shazi al-Ju’aydan also bred horses of this Ubayyan Suhayli strain.
Reem al-Oud was sired by a Ubayyan Suhayli of Maskawi al-Ju’aydan, whose sire was a Kuhaylan al-Wati of Hakim al-Ghism of Shammar, but owned by Hakem’s inlaw Diab al-Sbeih, also of Shammar. Reem al-Oud is out of a Ubayyah Suhayliyyah bred by Maskawi’s, and her dam was also by a Ubayyan of Maskawi’s (but not the same stallion as Reem’s sire). She is a ‘Ubayyah Suhayliyah through and through, and the queen of the mares of the northern Shammar.
[This is her daughter, see my comment 14 years later]
Hi, Edouard,
This is sort of an odd question, but I am always interested in odd color shades and patterns that turn up in Arabian horses, and I wondered about her left rear leg. Is it really a different color, perhaps a roan shade? Have seen smaller patches like this, but not this much. How neat!
I don’t think it’s a color shade or something similar. It’s probably just dirt, because another picture of hers doesn’t show it:
http://daughterofthewind.org/my-number-one/reem-al-oud-a-desert-bred-ubayyah-suhayliyyah-from-the-shammar-tribe/
I recognize the shade of dirt on the other photo. Thanks!
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A correction: the mare above is not Reem al-Oud, but her daughter, called Bint al-Oud. By Tahoos, a Saqlawi Marzakani of the Shammar (Karmo x Tairah), out of Reem al-Oud.
She’s lovely – clean legs, short back, high withers, and a pretty face. She looks a nice sort to ride.