Wadnan

Jasminah settled in France

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Jasminah, a 2017 Wadhnat Khursan of predominantly Iranian and some Egyptian lines is my latest acquisition. She has adjusted well to Southern France. A double great-granddaughter of the beautiful Jezabel, the star mare of the 1980 importation from Iran to Austria, Jasminah is built like a tank, and possesses tremendous power and stamina. The photos … Read more

Abu Khamseh, 1995 Wadnan Khursan stallion

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The Wadnan (or Wathnan) stallion Abu Khamseh (Khamseh x Parsa by Hashem) was one of Europe’s most important endurance horses. The first photo was taken in his prime, the second as was completing a 200 km ride, and the third by Christelle Seranne in old age.

Lady Anne Blunt among the Shaykhs of the Bani Lam of Lower Mesopotamia and their Wadnan horses

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From her Journals and Correspondence (J&C, edited by Archer and Flemning), comes an account of the travels of Lady Anne and Wilfrid Blunt among the Bani Lam of Lower Mesopotamia and Khuzestan. It took place during their 1879 journey through al-Amarah in Lower Mesopotamia through Khuzestan/Arabistan by way of Dezful and Shustar all the way … Read more

Two more photos of Jezabel

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Wilton posted these two photos of Jezabel a few years ago. I believe that he got them from a German magazine. The first one features an older Jezabel with her last foal Juno by an Egyptian horse of show bloodlines. The second shows her with the Hamdani Simri stallion Inta (Ibn Insiatur x Sabah).

One the main Iranian asil sire line

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The stallion Karoun, a Jilfan Jarjari from the strain of the Bani Malek tribe of Khuzestan born ca. 1942, is the main sireline progenitor for Iranian Arabian horses. Genetic Y-DNA studies have found this sire line to fall under the most common Arabian male haplogroup (Ao-aA1a). Below is a table from Kate McLachlan’s recent Khamsat … Read more

Jezar by Sarhan x Jezabel

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Jens Sannek continues to gratify me with photos of desert Arabian imports to Europe and their progeny. This photo came to him from the late Austrian breeder Anton Tucek. It shows Anton’s 1991 bay stallion Jezar, by the Bahraini stallion Sarhan out of the black Iranian mare Jezabel. He had obtained Sarhan (Maanaghi Saghir x … Read more

Jasminah, 2017 Wadhnah Khursan mare

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You may be wondering about the reason for the series of recent blog entries on the Iranian Arabian horses. That’s because of Jasminah, a 2017 Wadhnat al-Khursan mare from the breeding program of the late Ulrike Marcik in Spain. Wilton had already written about Jasminah on this blog, a few years back. Jasminah traces twice … Read more

On the various strains of Iranian Arabians, by Mary Gharagozlou

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Quoting from her article on the Asil Horse of Khuzestan (full article here on the WAHO website), a good starting point for information on this topic: Of the tribes mentioned by Layard in the first quotation, branches of the Al Khamees, Al Kathir and the Bani Lam are existent today in Khuzestan. The Bani Lam … Read more

Barout Lami, b. 2017

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Yesterday Jens Sannek shared with me a pair of pictures of the absolutely stunning Iranian Asil stallion Barout Lami, a 2017 Wadnan Khursan. This stallion oozes true Arabian type. Compare with Eldar HD, the Hamdani Simri stallion of Davenport bloodlines, at Michael Bowling’s.

What if we had known a few months earlier…

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Arabesque Azieze (photo below) is at the center of the biggest “what if” story I have recently been involved in. This stallion was born in Australia in 1978 and was later sold to New Zealand. He was by the Egyptian stallion Hansan (El Hilal x Hamamaa), a stallion of Egyptian bloodlines. Nothing to write home … Read more

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