Yasser Al Tahawi has this excellent overview of the history of the Tahawi horses on his social media page: • Early 19th century: the great Egyptian conquests in the Middle East (Syria, Arabia, Sudan) … the Tahawies played a major role. Strong connections were developed between the Tahawies and the big tribes of Arabia including Anazah and Shammar. • Mid 19th century: the Tahawies are granted vast territories on the eastern borders of the Nile Delta … the Bedouin Tahawies are now settling for their first time in history. • Fall of the 19th century: the Tahawi Sheikhs were busy establishing vast studs and competing in importing the most prestigious strains form the Arabian desert. • Early 20th century: the Tahawies are the most important breeder in Egypt and its main provider of asil desert-bred horses. • Fall 19th century to mid 20th century: the Egyptian Royal family and aristocrats, Royal Agricultural Society, Lady Anne Blunt…etc. were all among the Tahawi clients. • 1940s/50s: around 3,000 heads of the finest Arabians of the time, all with distinguished race records. The peak of the Tahawi glory and their flourishing vast studs. • 1960s: the Egyptian revolution crackdown on the aristocratic elite and…