Le French directory
A non-exhaustive annotated list of Arabian stallions imported by the French government from the deserts of Syria and Arabia in the XIXth and XXth century to the studs of France, Algeria, Tunisia, and Morocco.
Tiaret (Algeria)
Ghalbane, Hamdani Simri. imported from Beirut racetrack
Masbout, Saqlawi Jadran, imported from Beirut racetrack
Venture, Hamdani, imported from Lebanon in 1896
Cherine,
Bango, grey, Ma’naghi, bred by the Shammar, imported from Egypt in 1928
El Managhi, chestnut, imported from Hama in 1923
El Obayan, chestnut, Obayyan Sharraq, imported from Hama in 1923
Safita, bay, Kuhaylan Khdili, imported from Syria in 1925
Ghazi, by Arkoubi out of Zarifa, imported from Egpyt in 1909
El Nil, grey, imported from Egypt in 1909
Sidi Gaber, grey, imported from Egypt in 1909
Quatre As, Hamdani Simi; imported in 1914
Malek
Mabrud,
Goutta
Arisse
Krali, Kuhaylan Krush
Dohendjilar
Rayak, imported in 1925 from Rayak, Lebanon
Nahboub
Khamil imp 1898
Aziz imp 1898
Salamie imp 1898
Sidi Thabet (Tunisia)
Tamerlan, Dahman imp 1910
Ramleh imp 1910
Ibech, bred by the Sba’ah ‘Anazah
Cheikh el Ourbane
Dynamite II, chestnut Hamdani Simri
Hellal, Ma’naghi from Shammar, imp 1914
Harami
Assacoulai
Nasr, Saqlawi Jadrane, imported from Egypt, racehorse
France
Dahman, chestnut, bred by the Shammar, a Rabdan, imported from Egypt in 1909 (Pompadour)
Enwer, bred by the Shammar, a Ma’naghi Sbayli (Pompadour)
El Sbaa, chestnut, a Ju’aytni, imported from Ahmed Ibisch in Egypt (Pompadour)
Soukne, chestnut, a Ma’naghi, imported from Syria (Pompadour)
Edhen, grey, a Saqlawi from the Sba’ah, imported from Tripoli, Lebanon (Pompadour)
Moudir, black, Hamdani Simri
Asfour, Rabdan Khushaybi from Najd (Pompadour)
Emir Selim, sire Kuhaylan, dam Jilfah (Pompadour)
Assad,
Ahmar,
Merkham,
Romani,
Nahr el Kebir, Hadban (Pompadour)
Nahr Ibrahim, Ma’naghi Sbayli, from Hssinah/Anazah
Mouzaffar
Latif, Hamdani from Sba’ah/Fad’aan imp 1909
Meenak,
Aslani,
Farid,
Hamdani Samery, from Najd, dam a Rabda Khsuhaybi
Maarouf, Hadban, sire Ma’naghi
Menaim Dahabi, Ma’naghi from Bani Sakhr (Pau)
Gadban, a Hamdani Simri (Pau)
Adwan,
Ghoumar,
Nazim, Ma’naghi Sbayli
Taleb, Ma’naghi
Reichan,
Niazi, Asil,
Djerash, Saqlawi Jadran
El Nesmeh, Asil, from Der el Zor
Kady Keny,
Chakir,
Cheitan,
Meke,
Khallawi,
Valy,
Asfar,
Khouri, from the Fad’aan
Titan, Ma’naghi
Azem,
Ghalabawi,
Moor, presented to Napoleon III by Emir Abdel Kader al-Jazairi
Dibadj,
El Nimr,
Ramses II (Pompadour)
Maksude, K. Ajuz from Bani Sakhr
Harfouche
Hedjaz
Beni Kaled (Pompadour)
Kbechan, chestnut,
Hebdan,
Massoud
Mesrur
Bagdali
Kerbela
Hussein
Mourgadek, chestnut, Kuhaylan Rodan by a Chouieman (Shueyman)x a Kuhaylah Rodania, imp. 1897 (Tarbes)
Bachi Bouzouk
Nibeh, from Fad’aan (Tarbes)
Telmese, from Shammar, “Asil”, to Tarbes, winner of races in Beirut and Alexandria
Chams, “Asil” (Tarbes)
El Moustabel, “Asil”, from Shammar
Whoa! That is a serious list of horses! Sounds like a database needs to get underway…. is that what you are doing?
Yes, indeed..
In regards to Méké, according to certificate translated from arabian to french in Alexandria with four seals and signatures, the chesnut Méké was born in 1883, breeder Hadji Mouhamed Jasiad from Méké, mother is “Kouheila Mânâquié”, father is “Hamdani Siméri”, “hold rasans which have been never crossed”
imported to france in 1890, grand father of the good arabian racing horse, Norniz. and of the famous anglo-arabian, Velox.
Merci Arnault, bient note.
Well, my mare has only 12,5 % tunisian blood, but maybe you would be interested in her ancestors anyway…
http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/djoumanah+el+nil
Some of them are already listed above though.
Sandra
Arnalt, aurais tu un listing des chevaux arabes importés en France et qui venaient d’orient?
bonjour MR edouard vraiment bravo pour ses informations je voulais savoir si vous avez quelques chose a propos de la jument Ematyra et de ses origines , je pense qu’elle à été importéé en tunisie mais je ne connais ni la date ni son pays d’élevage
merci
Bonjour. Merci de votre mot. Non, je ne sais rien sur elle pour le moment, sauf qu’elle vient de la region Syrie/Liban.
Long time-lurker here… I know I’m resurrecting an old post, but something really caught my eye. Mourgadek–He is listed as Kuhaylan Rodan. Does this mean he hails from the same family as the prolific Blunt import, Rodania? If so, I’d be deeply interested to learn more. I’ve never seen a member of this strain that wasn’t a descendant of Rodania herself. Is there anything more you can tell me about this strain? Are there/were there others from this line that do not trace to Rodania? Best, Kaley
Hi, I love to hear from long time lurkers. Yes, that’s the only other member of Rodania’s strain to have made it outside Arabia. All we know is:
Color: chestnut
SBFAR*2219
By a Chouieman (Shueyman) x a Kohailah Rodania
To France in 1897 for use at Tarbes
We also have the chapter on the K. Rodan strain the Abbas Pasha Manuscript.
Hello Edouard!
Glad to know there’s a spot for us lurkers too. 🙂 I have been reading your blog for years now and am immeasurably grateful for all the knowledge you, and like minded-individuals share here. DotW is a genuine treasure.
Back to our Rodanias… You mention he (Mourgadek) is the only member of this strain aside from *Rodania herself to leave Arabia, does this imply this strain still exists in its homeland? Or are tail-female descendants of Rodania herself the only ones left?
Additionally, I’d be curious what the Abbas Pasha manuscript mentions about the K. Rodan strain. Did he find them favorable, or otherwise? Did he estimate how common/uncommon they were? Etc. (Really, if he details anything further about the strain besides Rodania’s origins, I’d be quite intrigued).
– Kaley
You know, some of those who were just lurking a decade ago are now actively involved in preservation organizations and in breeding, so there is a lot of space for folks like you. DOW was always intended as a community of readers and researchers.
On the Rodans in the homeland countries, there may be some left in Syria, hidden under the generic K. Ajuz, but only mtDNA could shed more light there.
As to Abbas Pasha, he bought several K. Rodan mares from Arabia, at least three or four IIRC. The book traces how the strain got its name, where the original mare came from, and where it branched to. I will try to publish my own translation of it (the original Arabic is not copyrighted, but the Forbis-Sherif translation is).