Turkey

Excerpts from Frederick Wrench, ‘The Sultan and his Horses’

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The following passages on the imperial Ottoman stud during the reign of Abdülhamid II are taken from Frederick Wrench’s article, ‘The Sultan and his Horses’, pp. 782-85 in the 15 December 1900 issue of Country Life Illustrated. Abdülhamid II’s reign from 1876 to 1909 spanned the Blunts’ expeditions, the gifting of Leopard and Linden Tree … Read more

Bojanowski and Borowiak on Branicki‑bred horses in the imperial Ottoman stables

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The Polish author Stefan Bojanowski writes in his 1906 book, Sylwetki koni orientalnych i ich hodowców, that in 1864 Sultan Abdülaziz purchased 92 horses from the Białacerkiew estates of the Branicki family, and incorporated them into his stud (p. 73): Bez przesady powiedzieć można, że obok „sanguszkowskich“ koni — konie „białocerkiewskie“ wychowywane na bujnych stepach … Read more

Speculation on Linden Tree (and Leopard)

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I am cross-posting this here from another place that I had written this, and would love to pick everyone’s brains on their thoughts. Full disclosure: this was jumpstarted by reading Teymur’s posts here on DOTW and by reading and re-reading Michael Bowling’s three part series on Leopard and Linden Tree (…and perhaps by some personal spite re: the long-dead Randolph Huntington. I ended up not overly caring for his theories on breeding.)

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^ Source: The Illustrated Stock Doctor by J. Russell Manning, published 1890, pg 66.

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Almimruhiye 16, 1981 Arabian mare from Turkey

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Also from Teymur comes this photo of the 1981 Turkish Arabian mare Almimruhiye.16 of the precious Kuhaylan al-Mimrah marbat of the Shaqfah family in Hama, Syria. The hujjah of her ancestress in the tail female, the original Almumruhiye is on the WAHO website, under “General Interest” then under “Turkish Stud Book Report”, and is reproduced below. … Read more

Daughter of Baba Kurush / Krush Halba in Turkey

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Kurus, known in Turkey as Baba Kurus and in Lebanon as Krush Halba, was born in the Syrian desert in 1921, first became the foundation stallion of the racing-oriented Lebanese Arabian horse breeding program and was then exported to Turkey where he also founded the Turkish Arabian horse breeding program. Here a photo of a daughter … Read more

Krush Halba a.k.a. Baba Kurus, 1921 asil Kuhaylan Krush stallion

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Teymur sent me this photo of the phenomenal 1921 grey asil Kuhaylan Krush stallion known in Lebanon as Krush Halba, and in Turkey as Baba Kurus.  He was the foundation stallions for both countries asil Arabian horse breeding programs, even his line does not survive in Lebanon anymore, and is holding on by a thread … Read more

The Arabian Horses of Turkey

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I am really intrigued by the Arabian horses of Turkey, for two reasons. First, as a student of Middle Eastern history, I am deeply aware that the area composed of the modern states of Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, and alternativelly known as Bilad al-Sham, Greater Syria, or the Levant (depending on who you talk to), … Read more

New Kuhaylat al-Krush filly at Bedouin Arabians in New Mexico.. and more

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Jackson Hensley, of Bedouin Arabians Farm, in New Mexico, just sent me pictures of the latest addition to his stud; Sabella Al Krush, an asil Kuhaylat al-Krush filly, tracing in tail female to the mare *Werdi imported from Syria to USA by Homer Davenport in 1906. *Werdi hails from the Krush marbat of the Fad’aan Bedouins. As an … Read more

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