Naeleh, desert-bred mare imported to France in 1902
One of the five mares brought back to France by the mission of De Saunhac and Chambry of 1902 was the tall bay mare Naeleh, born in 1898. Her photo below is from a 1902 article in French magazine le Sport Universel Illustre, which describes her purchase in Damascus.
The caption for the photo in this article says she was sired by a Kuhaylan and out of a Shuwaymah. It could have been the reverse, because the Kuhaylan strain of the sire is in the feminine form (the article spelled it “Kahlaylet”), while the Shuwayman strain of the dam is in the masculine form (“Choueyman”).
Naeleh is the maternal granddam of the beautiful Pompadour broodmare Noble Reine, by Dahman, pictured below (photo from the archives of Robert Mauvy, courtesy of Pierre Henri Beillard), and her full sister Ninon, photo further below. Both inheriated the long, horizontal croup of their sire Dahman.
I am loving these photos. Would love to see a LOT more about this importation. It even sounds like a book!
it’s less than a book but certainly more than one article! Same itinerary and same period as davenport!