Hujjah of desert-bred stallion: *Taamri

Below is the hujjah (authenticity certificate) of the desert-bred stallion Taamri, imported to the USA by Sam Roach in 1960. Hujjah translation mine (cf. Al Khamsa III, p. 216).

In the name of God, the Most Merciful and Compassionate,

City of Riyadh, Region of Najd

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

12 Rajab 1376 corresponding to February 12th 1957

I, the undersigned, Mutlaq al-‘Atawi, supervisor of the Royal Stables of the Horses of his Royal Highness King Saud Ibn ‘Abdul ‘Aziz, declare that the following pieces of information are true

The horse “Tamri” and his characteristics are as follows:

The color of his body is “Tamri [“date-colored”, from ‘tamr’, date]; and his mane and tail are red; and he has a star and a white spot on his forehead, and a thin line of white hair on his left shoulder, and a small line of white hair toward the end of his mane; and a dotted line of white hair on both sides of his belly, exactly on the place of the strap, and a white hoof on his rear hind leg; as to his other hoofs, they are dark-colored, and he has a marking in the shape of an _] in the front of his left hindquarter;

And he was born in the stables of the horses of his Royal Highness Prince Muhammed ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz in Riyadh in the district of Najd on the date of Rajab 24th 1367, corresponding to June 1st, 1948; as to his dam, she is the filly called “‘Ubayd”, which is light bay in color, which Nuri ibn Farhan of the Wuld Sulayman surrendered to the stables of His Highness on the date of 22 Jumada the first, 1367, corresponding to April 1st 1948. This mare is known for her purity of lineage in the strain of ‘Ubayyan, and she traces to the mare “Nurah” known to all the inhabitants of Hail and Buraydah; and at the time when she was given up to the horse stables of his Highness, she had been covered by the horse “Balam” and he is a horse known for his purity of lineage in the strain of ‘Ubayyan.

We confirm in our testimony in front of God Most High may He be glorified, that what was mentioned above is a correct account of the horse “Tamri” who is ‘whole’ [alternative: “entirely”, i.e., pure] in the strain of ‘Ubayyan, and who traces from horses whose purity of blood and lineage have been preserved by the Wuld Sulayman;

Mutlaq al-‘Atawi [signature]

Testified on this:

Muhammad Ibrahim al-Khudayr, the Secretary [signature]