A blog on desert arabian horses, past, present and future
Bay Saqlawiyah Ubayriyah bred by the Yusuf al-Du’bu of the Tai Bedouins, obtained by Hasan and ‘Abd al-Muhsin al-Nassif of Tal Bisah, then gifted to Salim and Edouard Al-Dahdah, then given by them to Ahmad Ghalioun of Hims. Sire: the dark bay Ma’naqi Hadraji of Dhahir al-Ufaytan (asil); dam of a celebrated endurance winning mare, … Read more
Black Kuhaylan Hayfi stallion at Mustafa Jabri in 1990. Sire: Mahrous; dam: a Kuhaylah Hayfiyah from the Shammar Bedouins. I don’t remember her name.
Beautiful long forelocks on this bay Kuhaylat al-Krush mare at Jackson Hensley’s in New Mexico. “Al-Khayl ma3qud bi-nawaasiha al-khair ila yawm al-qiyamah” (Goodness is tied to the forelocks of horses until Judgement Day), according to a saying of the Prophet Muhammad.