A blog on desert arabian horses, past, present and future
The Saqlawi al-‘Abd strain is relevant to Arabians in the USA because two main foundation mares, the desert-bred Davenport imports *Urfah and *Wadduda are from it. I am now realizing that it may be related to the strain of Saqlawi Nijm al-Subh, which is present in Syria among the Shammar’s Marazeeq clan under the name … Read more
من أرشيفي اليكم صورتان للفرس طيرة صقلاوية نجمة الصبح (مرزقانية) من خيل المرازيق من البريك من شمر ولدت طيرة في أواخر السبعينيات عند عويّد الرمضان العواد المرزقاني في قرية التويمين بادية الحسكة ثم درجت على صهره صباح مناوخ العثمان من عشيرة اللهيب أيضًا قرية التويمين ويكون صباح العثمان خال الاخ تامر العويّد (أبو ليث) ثم … Read more
My friend Muhammad Ma’sum al-Agub recently acquired a promising young Saqlawi Marzakani stallion of Shammar lines. His sire is my black Kuhaylan al-Wati stallion Mushahhar, his dam is a daughter of Zayn al-Khayl. Notice the short back, the long hip, the sloped shoulder, the round barrel, the strong coupling, the long neck, and the (moderately) … Read more
Khalid Rakhlani runs a beautiful page on Facebook, called Arabian Horses in Syria. It features numerous photos of Arabian horses of 100% Syrian stock, registered in the Syrian Arabian Horse Studbook. This morning’s photo of the stallion Barazan caught my eye. He represents a type of desert horse that is rapidly disappearing: small, yet well … Read more
صور نادرة للفرس طيرة صقلاوية نجمة الصبح (مرزكانية) من خيل المرازيك البريك من شمر طيرة ابوها كحيلان الواطي الازرق الحديدي حصان ذياب السبيه توليد فواز الحاكم الغشم ابو امها عبيان السحيلي الازرق الكبير حصان الشيخ عبد العزيز المسلط ابو جدتها المرزكاني من رسنها من تصويري سنة ١٩٩٢ في مزرعة باسل جدعان ابو فارس بالصبورة … Read more
Each of the eleven chapters of the Abbas Pasha Manuscript in its Arabic version starts with a table. The table lists the titles of the accounts on every marbat and the page number where the account begins. Sometimes the title includes information not present in the body of the account. There are six sections under … Read more
Ghuzayyil was a famous desert-bred horses from Syria, whose bloodlines are present today in a number of modern pedigrees from Syria, including that of the stallion Hussam al-Shimal now in France. This is his entry in the Aldahdah Index: GHUZAYYIL: a grey desert-bred stallion, born c. 1952; [no picture available] Strain: Saqlawi Nijm al-Subh, of … Read more
Ghaddar is another desert-bred race-horse mentioned in the newspaper clipping below. He was racing at the same time as Mawj al-Athir. The Aldahdah Index happens to have an entry on him as well, with all of the information coming from old horse merchant Abd al-Qadir Hammami. GHADDAR: a gray desert-bred asil stallion; Strain: Hamdani Simri … Read more
If you follow this blog regularly, then you must have already heard about the chestnut desert-bred stallion Mawj al-Athir: he is in the pedigree of the bay stallion from Syria, Hussam al-Shimal, now in France. He is also the sire of the pretty mare below, whose photo you have already seen before. Joe Achcar also … Read more