Zarifa, a Sa’dah al-Tuqan mare, in Russia
Zarifa (below) was bred by Count Stroganov from his imported stallion Sherrak, out of the mare Ghazu.
Zarifa’s dam Ghazu was a grey mare foaled in the desert c. 1879/1880, sired by a Dahman ‘Amer. Stroganov purchased her on his first expedition to Syria, in 1888, from the Sba’ah. She produced seven foals in Russia, sired by Emir-el-Arab, Sottamm el-Kreysh, Sherrak, and Ashgar (Emir-el-Arab x Anaze).
Zarifa herself produced three foals by the time the 1903 stud book was compiled, a chestnut colt and filly by Emir-el-Arab in 1900 and 1901, and a grey filly by Sottamm el-Kreysh in 1902.
Photo from the History of Russia in Photographs.
Do we know the name of the Bedouin they got the Saadah Tuqan from? or his tribe?
Russian studbook entry for Ghazu says:
The horse belonged to Count S.A. Stroganov. From Saadan Togan strain. White mare, imported, height 2 arshins 7/8 inches. Born in Arabia in 1879 or 1880. Sire: from Dagkhman Umm-Amr strain. The horse was purchased personally by S.A. Stroganov in Syrian desert in 1888 from Bedouin of Mesekkha tribe (of Sebaa Anaze) and brought to Russia.
ok thank you. Mssekah is good.