Al-Ashhab a.k.a Krush al-Na’em, Kuhaylan Krush from the Tai tribe in Syria
This handsome stallion, a personal favorite of mine, born in 1988, is the sire of the flee-bitten Kuhaylat Ibn Mizhir mare that many of you liked in the entry below. He was one of the last stallions the Tai Bedouins used as a herdsire, in the village of al-Na’em, where some Tai had settled. This earned him the nickname “Krush al-Na’em”.
His sire was a Hamdani Ibn Ghurab of the Tai, sired by a Dahman Amer of ‘Ajil al-Yawir al-Jarba, the Shammar. His dam’s sire was the Ma’naqi Hadraji of Zahir al-Ufaytan, and the sire of the maternal grand dam — is said to have been a Kuhaylan Krush. The maternal grand-dam is from the horses of Mutlaq al-Haybah of the Shammar.
At a first glace, he reminded me of the Davenport stallion ARE ZEE LEAF. My brain caught up when I remembered that Are Zee Leaf is also a grey Kuhaylan Krush stallion.
Moira, I had the very same impression, when seeing this photo, only a bit more general “That sure looks like a Davenport Kuhaylan Krush!” Similar ears, eyes, head dimensions, overall body shape, the same.
I love that croup. I won’t deny that it’s partly because I know several people that will start foaming at the mouth. “It’s not an Arabian!!”