I found a booklet simply titled “Stammhengste” (Foundation stallions) and “Stammstuten” (Foundation mares). I guess with a bit of digging one could figure out which stud it belongs to. What I found interesting is the pedigrees listed with measurements, something I for one, rarely see these days. I picked out the asil pedigrees, especially because many appear in Southern African horses. Neferotete I WISH would have appeared in local pedigrees, because I have a soft spot for the Tahawi horses. The measurements listed are for the “Widerrist: Stockmaß:” (Withers: Measurement:), “Brustumfang” (girth circumference) and “Röhrbeinumfang” (cannon bone circumference) in centimetres. Ibrahim is sire to Mahib (imp) out of the Madkour daughter Mahabba. Mahib was imported to South Africa and then Namibia by Helga Aschenborn of Gülilah Stud and her daughter Gisela Uijs who managed the Uijs family’s interest in Nabilah Stud. In his 1989 article “Zurück unter Allahs Sonne” (Back under Allah’s sun) in Arabische Pferde magazine, George Olms tells of Ibrahim export to Kuwait. Sadly Ibrahim did not survive the invasion the following year. Farouk is sire to Shams el Farin (imp) out of Omar el Shaker (imp)’s paternal half-sister Inshraa. Sarwat sired Sasab who is maternal granddam to…