The photos and text below come from ‘Le haras de Pompadour’, printed in the 21 April 1900 edition of Le Sport universel illustré. Kadidja, imported in 1892. Malakaa, imported in 1896. El-Zhora, imported in 1896. She was nicknamed The White Pearl with a Black Collar, due to her tattoos. An excerpt from the article follows below, naming the importer, M. Portalès, and the dates of his buying missions. The mares from the 1892 expedition are said to be small in size, with Hamaïda, Zaaleh and Kadidja notable dams of stallions. The mares from the 1896 expedition – Malakaa, El-Zhora and Zibda – are larger. Zibda, described as powerful with good legs, nearly did not make it to France: one of the first horses that M. Portalès purchased on his second trip, he left her in El Ghor while he ventured into the desert, only to find that she had been secreted away in a stable in his absence (pp. 247f.). Les arabes forment deux groupes: les unes venant d’Orient, les autres nées à Pompadour de parents importés.Les orientales ont presque toutes été ramenées par M. Portalès, l’inspecteur général du 2e arrondissement. Harmonieuses dans leur ensemble, puissantes dans leurs hanches, dénotant…