Marwah, desert-bred Saqlawiyat ibn ‘Amud from Syria
I finally found a couple good photos of Marwah, the Saqlawiyah Jadraniyah of Ibn Amud. The top photo was taken at the entrance of Basil Jadaan’s old farm. Marwah was sired by the grey Hadban Enzahi of Fazaa al-Hadi al-Jarba, the son of the old bay Hadban Enzahi of Fazaa.
Both Hadbans stood in Garhok in North Eastern Syria, and were widely used by the neighboring Arabs.
She was small, but otherwise impossible to fault. Her croup and hindquarters were among the best I have ever seen in desert-bred Arabian horses.
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She is lovely. She looks pretty chunky, and she definitely has good hindquarters!
Definitely a horse I wouldn’t mind having in my yard. You keep talking about Basil Jadaan’s “old farm” — is it no longer in operation? (My worst fear is that they have been decimated by the Syrian conflict…)
Gorgeous mare, wonderful overall balance. She looks strong.
Lovely! I’ll stick my neck out here and say she doesn’t look all that different than some of our best Davenports of today. Including the propensity to pack on a bit too much weight VBG.
I fully agree, she was a first class desert-bred mare. No diamond in the rough here.
Hoarding weight in times of plenty in anticipation of lean times does not seem like a bad trait for a desert animal at all haha
I took this picture of her in 1990 here: http://daughterofthewind.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/saglawiyat-jadaan-400×257.jpeg
Agreed Moira. Not a bad trait for a desert horse, problem is when they leave the desert. Can you say easy keeper?
Jeannie, in addition to easy keeper and good doer, some of my favourites are air fern, sand whale, propane tank on legs …