Stunning “Syrian Stallion” from Tiaret, Algeria

An absolutely superb male specimen of a Desert Arabian horse, in Algeria. The legend says “syrian stallion”, yet so far I was not able to match with him with any of the grey stallions the French imported to Algeria from the East.

Not Bango, not El Nil, not Sidi Gaber, not Aziz.  If you know him, let me know. Photo courtesy of Farid Chaoui, of Algeria.

8 Replies to “Stunning “Syrian Stallion” from Tiaret, Algeria”

  1. Our friend Yacine (not Yassine Jamali, who is from Morocco), the veterinarian at Tiaret, who follows this blog, researched grey imported stallions from Tiaret from that period, using the studbooks of the time. Here is what he found:

    DJOUF : acheté en 1899 a DAMAS , né en 1893, gris foncé légèrement truité

    HAIL; acheté en 1899 , né en 1892, gris foncé legerement truité a la tete , grande tache blanche sur le jarret gauche

    koelan-manaki : arrivé en 1878, gris clair fortement truité , ladre entre naseaux et a la lèvre inférieure

    koheilan-anazé : 1898 , gris legerement pommelé sur le corps

    Namroud : acheté ben 1909 a Alexandrie, né en 1901, gris truité, ladre entre et dans naseau droit et levre supérieur

  2. Most photos in this collection, Yacine tells me, were taken between 1890 and 1900. There are more imported greys in the studbook, from that time, but Yacine says his copy is not always readable.

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