Sherrak, an ‘Ubayyan Sharrak Abu Jreyss stallion
Below is one of Count Sergei Aleksandrovich Stroganov’s desertbred stallions, gifted to him by Sheikh Nasr Ibn Abdallah, when he visited Stroganov’s stud farm in Russia.
Sherrak, an ‘Ubayyan Sharrak stallion from the marbat of Abu Jreyss.
From Abeyan Sherrak strain of Abu Djereys family. Grey stallion, imported; height 2 arshins 2 ¼ inches. Born in Arabia in 1885. Brought from Arabia to Russia for Count C.A. Stroganov in 1890 by Sheikh Nasr Ibn-Abdalla.
Stud Book of Arabian horses with their pedigrees present in Russia
Photos sourced from the History of Russia in Photographs.
I wonder who this Nasr Ibn Abdallah was.
He was apparently the guide for Shcherbatov and Stroganov on their first trip to Syria, but I haven’t found further information at this point.