El Haddad Horses imported from Iraq to Babolna in 1901/ 1902
Horse bought by Michael el Haddad trip to Iraq 1901/ 1902
Koheilan Raschid :This was his first buy.
5 years .Height 1.61cm sire a Koheilan Moradi, Dam a Koheilat el Ajuz
He was bought from Raschid Pasha Kaimmakam (governor) of the Holy city of El Najaf.
He was agift from Ibn El Rashid the Shammari ruler of Hail so El Haddad named him Koheilan Raschid. He was bought for 150 gold pounds.
Farha : 6 years Height 1.56cm
Sire Saklawi x Dam Kuhailat el Ajuz
Schechan Shammar
6 years chesnut Height 1.57cm
Sire Koheilan Ajuz x Dam Scheha Djilfe
Bought for 50 gold pounds
Mares from Sheikh Nayef supreme Sheikh of the Shammar
Em Tiur (meaning mother of the birds) this name was given to her for her speed..For 130 gold pounds.no further details given.
Ayda: grey 3 years old bought for 125 gold pounds.
Semrie :grey 5 years old.bought for 80 gold pounds.
Hagyale (or the grouse) Bay mare taken in war from the Annaze .bought for 220 gold pounds .She became one of Babolna’s most beautiful mares.
Hazem Pasha, the governor of Baghdad, horses.
A deal was made Between the Governor and Haddad to buy as a”package deal “for 1000 gold poundsthe following horses:
Mersuch :4 years old 1.57cm Sire Scmed Koheilan x Dam Hamdania Semria.bred by the Pasha
Siglavy Bagdady :Height 1.56cm Sire Siglavy x Dam Siglavy Gidran.Bred by the Rualla
Mares:
Dalala :golden bay 6 years height 1.57cm Sire Koheilan Schveni xDam Maneghie bred by Ibn el Raschid of Hail.
Delilah: bay 9 years. height.1.57cm Sire Manehgie x Dam Obaya.Bred by El Sbaa tribe
Kheila :grey 6 years Height 1.60cm Sire Dzselfan XDam Kheila.Bred by Al Zubeidyine tribe
Scheriffe: grey .8 years old. Height 1.58cm Sire Saklawi xDam Gehelt el Scherif.Bred by the Shammar
The horses were bought in a triangle Najaf /Bagdad /Ar Ramadi please look at the included map.
My next post will be pictures.Inshallah
There is aproblem to post pictures .Sorry
As you may have noticed all the horses are tall horses for Arabians.When I saw iraqi horses WAHO registred,coming from Al Nujaifi farm near Mosul,I noticed also that they were tall horses.Dr Mabrouk from the RAS noticed the same in 1936.This despite the fact that the horses bought by El Haddad were coming from non -Iraqi sources,Rualla ,Sbaa,Hail’s Shammar(Al Rashid) all of them with no presence in Iraq.
The Al Rashid who were not in good terms with the Iraqi Shammar (Al Jarba).
So the small Arabian we are use to see is not the rule ,Europeans missions were looking for big strong Arabians.
Luckily I breed this kind of Arabians as my stallion is 1.57cm and my mares, all of them, except one, are more than 1.55cm tall
This is is really interesting as sometimes I hear people suspecting lack of purity when seing big size.
I love this blog. I am reading it regularly.
Christine
We must thank Edouard for maitining it despite his huge office work.
Merci Edouard
It’s a collective effort, really. I plan to have more guestbloggers, once I resolve some technical issues. But I am glad you like it. Tell your friends about it too! The more participants the better.
I forwarded the link to a friend of mine who answered this
“I noticed on the Haddad blog that there were references to the Al Nujaifi family horses in Mosul. They are one of the breeders in that city.(snipped) I was recently corresponding with one of the family – Mohamed – who is currently racing some of the Al Nujaifi horses in England and France. You can see his site in Arabic below.
http://www.alnujaifi.com/
http://www.alnujaifi.com/catig/galary/g1.php
A few photos of his horses above.”
I wish I could understand the comments!
Christine
My dear Christine
The comments are as disapointing as the horses .the Nujaifi horses are no more “Pure Iraqi horses”Mohamed Nujaifi and his brother Khalid ,both friends of mine,imported French ,Russian, Stallions and French mares and mixed them with Iraqi mares and stallions.In their stables there is few “Pure Iraqi Horses” left, on the other hand the story of “Pure Iraqi horses” is another “Story”
Oh I’m sorry. I should not have posted this. No idea what the words mean, I can’t read Aarabic. I loved to see them ride their horses though!
Christine