The horses below are half-brothers and -sister, bred by Count Stroganov, out of the mare Anaze. Anaze was an 1877 ‘Ubayyah Sharrakiyah, sired by a Ma’naqi Ibn Sbayli. Her breeder is not given in her Russian stud book entry, only that Stroganov bought her in Deir on the Euphrates in 1888. Abeyan (above) was an 1892 stallion, sired by Tamri, a grey Kuhaylan Tamri stallion bred by Mohammed Ibn Rashid, the Emir of Jabal Shammar, and taken by the Anazah in war in 1889. Tamri was gifted to Stroganov by Sheikh Nasr Ibn Abdallah in 1890. Arnab (above) was an 1893 stallion, sired by Emir-el-Arab, a Kuhaylan Krush from the Wuld Ali. Emir-el-Arab’s sire was an ‘Ubayyan Sharrak from the marbat of Abu Jreyss. Stroganov bought Emir-el-Arab in Damascus, in 1888. Abba (above) was the younger half-sister of Abeyan. Foaled in 1897, her sire was Sherrak, the stallion that had been gifted to Stroganov along with Tamri in 1890. Photos sourced from the History of Russia in Photographs.
Below is one of Count Sergei Aleksandrovich Stroganov’s desertbred stallions, gifted to him by Sheikh Nasr Ibn Abdallah, when he visited Stroganov’s stud farm in Russia. Sherrak, an ‘Ubayyan Sharrak stallion from the marbat of Abu Jreyss. From Abeyan Sherrak strain of Abu Djereys family. Grey stallion, imported; height 2 arshins 2 ¼ inches. Born in Arabia in 1885. Brought from Arabia to Russia for Count C.A. Stroganov in 1890 by Sheikh Nasr Ibn-Abdalla. Stud Book of Arabian horses with their pedigrees present in Russia Photos sourced from the History of Russia in Photographs.
Below are two of the mares that Prince Aleksander Shcherbatov bought on his second expedition to Syria. Djerifa (above), a Sa’dah al-Tuqan mare bought in Deir. From Saadan Togan strain. Red mare, imported, height 2 arshins 2 ¼ inches. The horse was born in 1895 in Mesopotamia, at Bedouin Yedjaefee Ibn-Sakhu ‘s of Agkhedaat tribe. Sire: stallion of Abeyan Sherrak strain from Bedouin tribe Moadja (of Sebaa Anaze). Dam: bought by Ibn-Sakhu from Bedouin from Saekkh tribe (of Shammar) in 1892. “Djerifa” was purchased personally by Prince A.G. Shcherbatov in 1900 in Deira on Euphrates, from Bedouin Yedjaefee Ibn-Sakhu and brought to Russia. Stud Book of Arabian horses with their pedigrees present in Russia According to the 1903 stud book, Djerifa was barren to the cover of both Khamad and El-Kader, in 1901 and 1902 respectively. Shemsa (above), a Ma’naqiyah Hadrajiyah mare. From Manegi Khedrudj strain. Bay mare, imported, height 2 arshins 2 ½ inches. Born in 1894 in Arabia at Bedouin Hussein Effendi, son of Sheikh of Baggara tribe. Sire from Mangegi Ibn-Sbeyel strain. Dam born at Hussein Effendi, sired by stallion from Kekhaylan Nouag strain. Purchased personally by Prince A.G. Scherbatov in Mesopotamia in 1900 from Hussein Effendi…
Prince Alexander Grigorievich Shcherbatov was one of the Russian aristocratic horse breeders, who established an Arabian stud in the late nineteenth century. Together with his brother-in-law, Count Sergei Aleksandrovich Stroganov, Prince Shcherbatov, inspired by the Blunts, journeyed to Syria in 1888, in order to purchase Bedouin Arabian horses. They succeeded in buying horses from the Anazah and the Shammar, and in 1900 made a second trip to Syria. Neither Shcherbatov nor Stroganov’s studs survived the upheaval of the Russian Revolution, though part of the Tersk stud is situated on Stroganov’s farm. El-Kader (above), a Kuhaylan Swayti stallion from the Ruwalah, by a Ma’naqi ibn-Sbayli. Born in Arabia in 1882 at Bedouin Mis’ar Ibn-Moadjil of Ashadjaa tribe (from Roal Anaze). The said Bedouin sold the horse to Ahmet Pasha Shaaman in Damascus where it served as a sire for Roala tribe. Sire of Manegi Ibn-Sbeiyel strain. Purchased by Prince A.G. Shcherbatov in person in Damascus and brought to Russia in 1888. Stud Book of Arabian horses with their pedigrees present in Russia Faris (above), an Ubayyan Sharrak stallion from the Shammar, by a Kuhaylan Ras-el-Fedawi. From Abeyan Sherrak strain, from Gkhenedish family (of Selga Shommar). Pebble grey stallion, imported, height 2…
The horse in the photo below is the 1897 son of Mesaoud and Nefisa, who was bought along with Sobha at the 1899 Crabbet Park Sale, and sent to the Russian state stud at Derkul. Photo sourced from the History of Russia in Photographs.
Below is a photo of the 1879 Hamdaniyah Simriyah mare Sobha, bred in Egypt (Wazir x Selma), bought by the Blunts in 1891, and then sold to Colonel de Sdanovitch in 1899, who sent her to the Russian stud at Derkul. Photo sourced from the History of Russia in Photographs.
Below are photos of three Bábolna horses, from the 1896 Berättelse till Landtbruksstyrelsen öfver en år 1893-94 med statsunderstöd företagen resa i utlandet för studier i husdjursafvel. O’Bajan, above, was one of the four stallions acquired for Bábolna by General Fadlallah Mikhail el-Haddad in 1885. Erika Schiele, The Arab Horse in Europe, says of him: [He was] one of the most valuable stallions ever to come to Hungary. He covered mares at Bábolna for twenty-five years, until his death in 1910. Of his 312 foals, 112 stood at stud, and fifty-six became brood mares. At the World Exhibition in Paris of 1900, one of his sons won a first prize for pure-bred Arabs against competition from Russia, England, Constantinople, and even Aleppo. He lies buried under a two-hundred-year-old acacia tree in the stable-yard. In the photos below, the black stallion Jussuf is actually Jussuf I, the 1890 son of Jussuf and Bent-El-Arab, making him a full brother to the 1888 mare 46-Jussuf. Bent-El-Arab, imported on the same expedition as O’Bajan by Fadlallah el-Haddad, has died out in tail female descent at Bábolna, but still survives in Polish breeding, as the mares 233 Kuhailan Zaid-13 and 22 Kuhailan Zaid-1 were rescued from…
كحيلان الملولش من خيل البحرين عند بولين وبينار دو بليسيس في جنوب افريقيا Mlolshaan Mutab, from Bahrain, owned by Pienaar and Pauline Du Plessis in South Africa. Photo Kate McLachlan.
I happened upon this Gazetteer of Egypt in the French language from the year 1891 — the “Annuaire egyptien administratif et commercial” on the wonderful website of the French national library. Under the “Conseil Legislatif”, the legislative council, it has “S.E. Aly Pacha Cherif” as the President. See below.
صورة العفريّة العودة فرس الشيخ هاشم حمود ملحم الجربا بنت عبيان الشيخ عبد العزيز المسلط ام الفرس العودة لونها احمر بنت الصقلاوي الجدراني حصان الشيخة عنود الفارس مالكها ابراهيم العلي ام الام لونها اشعل مالكها العفري من عنزة كان مقيم في الرقة وكانت ام الام شراكة بين الشيخ ملحم فارس الجربا والعفري في الخمسينات ثم تم التفاكك عليها حدثني الصديق محمد معصوم العاقوب قال ولدت الفرس سبع أحصنة وتم تسجيلها كرسن نادر في 1998 بجهود كبيرة وولدت آخر مهرة والوحيدة عن عمر 32 من كروش الناعم الأشهب
تواصلت مساء اليوم مع الصديق محمد معصوم العاقوب ودار الحديث حول الفرس العبية السحيلية العود فرس مطر السراي “مطوري” فشاركته هذه الصورة للعود مع فلوها ابن الحمداني الاعور. الصورة من تصويري سنة ١٩٩٤ او ١٩٩٥ بضواحي حلب عند رضوان شبارق ابو ابراهيم وكانت العود آنذاك ملك للشيخ ميزر عجيل العبدالكريم الجربا وهناك التباس عند البعض بخصوص اب واجداد الفرس العود فوجب التوضيح: ابو العود عبيان السحيلي الاشعل حصان عطنان الشاظي الجعيدان من شمر فداغا ابن كحيلان الواطي الازرق الحديدي حصان ذياب السبيه وابو ام العود أيضًا عبيان السحيلي من نفس المربط حصان مسكاوي عطنان الجعيدان والعود توليد مطوري ولعل العود من افضل الافراس التي عرفتها الجزيرة السورية
Volume 1 of the Bahrani stud book published in 1980 describes the breeding practice of the Al Khalifa family at the time. “No outside stallion is directly used for stud purposes. New blood is introduced indirectly by the high-caste mares received or exchanged with other Sheikhs from the interior of Arabia. When these mares are bred to local stallions, their progeny or grand-progeny will sometimes qualify as studs. The different strains or families of Arab horses are perpetuated through the mares, offspring always taking the dam’s name regardless of the stallion’s strain. Although all the strains found in Bahrain are equally pure, stud horses are chosen only from the strains deemed most noble. The word ‘noble’ here is the nearest equivalent to the Arab word ‘asil’ and does not convey the exact meaning. All tribes recognize the inherent mobility of certain strains but the preference for some strains over others varied from tribe to tribe. It was the custom in Central Arabia for the prominent Sheikhs to keep stud horses from a few selected strains only, but in some tribes after repeated breeding of these stallions with mares of a ‘new’ strain, the progeny of the letter gradually gained acceptance…
The Saqlawi Jadran Jawlan Al Kheir, by the Ubayyan Suhayli Taj Al Kheir out of Bushra Al Kheir a Saqlawiyah Jadraniyah, at Basil Jadaan’s studfarm outside Damascus.
السمن من السمون من المنشأ من ضنا عربان من الخرصة من ضنا ماجد من الفدعان وهو صاحب مربط صقلاويات السمنيات )