Hamdani Simri stallion, Hassan, in Russia

Hassan (below) was one of Count Sergei Stroganov’s homebred Arabians, foaled in 1896 out of the imported mare Hamra and by the stallion Sherrak.

Hassan’s dam Hamra was foaled in 1884; she was bred by the Sba’ah Anazah and sired by a Kuhaylan Nawwaq. She was brought to Russia in 1888 for Count Stroganov by Sheikh Nasr Ibn Abdallah. Between 1891 and 1902, she produced six fillies and two colts, by the stallions Sherrak, Sottamm el-Kreysh and Arnab. Sherrak and Sottamm el-Kreysh were both desertbred imports; Arnab was a son of two imports, Emir-el-Arab and the mare Anaze.

Sottamm el-Kreysh was a Saqlawi Jadran, named for his breeder, the Sheikh of the Bani Sakhr. Emir-el-Arab was a Kuhaylan Krush, bred by Muhammad Ibn Smeyr, Sheikh of the Wuld Ali of the Anazah.

Photo of Hassan sourced from the History of Russia in Photographs.