Old, asil Kuhaylat al-Khdili from ‘Anazah
Also from my scans is this photo of old Leelas, the Kuhaylah Khdiliyah (an ‘Ajuz branch, highly esteemed in the Syrian desert) of ‘Abbud ‘Ali al-‘Amud of the ‘Aqaydat Bedouins, which he got from ‘Udayb al-Waqqa’ of the ‘Anazah. He was so attached to her, he would not sell her at any price, even though he was poor and he was getting handsome offers for her. He would not breed her either, because he thought no stallion was worthy of her. In old age, he agreed to lease her to Qatari diplomat Yusuf al-Rumayhi for a year, where she produced a filly by his Egyptian stallion Okaz (Wahag x Nazeema), and when she was in extreme old age, ‘Abbud finally conceded that the Hamdani Ibn Ghurab stallion al-A’war was worthy of her, so he agreed to breed her to him, and she produced a stallion, Saad al-Thani.
She is in her late twenties in this photo. Note the extremely deep jowl, the small cup-shaped muzzle, the lower lip longer than the upper one, the bone structure in the face, and the large eye, naturally lined and extended in black, like kohl makeup. That’s how the Kuhaylans derive their name.
What a dry and expressive head!
After checking on the first syrian stud book ‘Udayb al-Waqqa’ is well noted as Anazah sbaa for another khidli mare. Nevertheless it is related that often Sbaa tribe entrusted part of their horse to Iqaidat when they were not able to feed them in the desert.
She has such a different type of head from the ones I often see around here, but I like it. She has a beautiful large eye, so soft and dark.
I went off to Allbreed to see if her pedigree was there, and noticed that her sire and dam are both listed as being by another Al Aawar, this one a Ma’naqi Sbeyli – was he a well-known horse? As for her daughter by Okaz, did she breed on?
Usually regarding ascendants on the first syrian stud book it is written the strain
except when horses have been registred or if it is a famous horse like this different Al Aawar which came from Aqaidat tribe and the lineage of Al Aawar have been bought to the Sbaa enezah and one fo the ancestor have been decorated by french protectora and perhaps the same one which was the best winner at Der Ezzor hipodrome. French tried to buy it but without any succes.
Most of okaz products were exported to Qatat by Youssef Rumeilhi ex consul in Damas owner of okaz. On the book ” desert legacy” we can see a keheilan haifi ” Al Qaheid al meimoun by okaz but it looks like a show horse.
Thank you! So, if I understand the naming conventions, the Al Aawar in Leelas’ pedigree and the Al-A’war she was bred to get individual names instead of strain names because they were famous, or registered, or both. How interesting that the Ma’naqi Al Aawar in Leelas’ pedigree may have been a very successful racehorse!
With the Okaz Kuhaylan Haifi that looks like a show horse, I wonder if that had anything to do with the dam. My (limited) knowledge of more recent EAO breeding led me to believe that Wahag’s offspring tended to be sturdy, and while I haven’t seen photos of Okaz, his full brother Misk looks pretty decent in his body, though the head is a bit – well, I guess it’s more like a show horse head, so I take back my blame of the Kuhaylah Haifiyah.