On Kuhaylan Tamiri as a strain to breed from
The strain of Kuhaylan Tamiri was one of the first strains the Sba’ah Bedouins chose to breed from. From Prince Mohammed Ali’s lists, based on notes taken by the agents of Abbas Pasha:
“Says Murshid al-Nawwaq [of the Sba’ah]: The horses which were in our possession in Najd sometime ago have no parallel anywhere. When asked which ones were allowed to mate, he replied that the ones they allowed to mate were only three: first the Saqlawi, second Kuhaylan Tamiri and third Shuwayman Sabbah.“
Similarly, but in the APM itself:
Dabbi ibn Shutaywi [of the Sba’ah, specifically their Gmassah section] was asked what stallions of the stud were used on their mares at the time al Gomussa were at Nejd. He replied, “As long as I can remember we mated al Saqlawiyat and other stallions that are well known to this day. But our white haired men told us when I was a child, that before al Saqlawiyat, al Gomussa were using a Kuhaylan al Tamiri as a stallion. And also a Kuhaylan al ‘Ajuz that belonged to al Gomussa and was cut off.
In 1870, Kerr includes the Keheilan Tamri as one of the first class strains, Oriental Sporting Magazine 3:34, p. 1440. Interestingly, he also lists the Keheilan Nowag in the same class, which Murshid al-Nawwaq doesn’t include as a strain to be mated – when did the Kuhaylan al-Nawwaq emerge as a strain?
No, Nawwaq is to be mated. It’s just that there is a confusion in the APM about whether it traces to a specific branch of the Muabhil that is not to be mated, or direct from K. Ajuz. In the end it ends out of be from the latter, but it takes them 150 pages to sort it out.
Sounds rather like a contested topic at a panel discussion – lots of debate, plus multiple points of view and sources cited, before coming to a conclusion.
it’s more like investigative journalism by AP’s agents, who relentlessly cross-examined everyone until they reached the truth.