The Classic Arabian HorseThis is the most comprehensive and authoritative work on its subject. The author traces Arabians from 1580 B.C. to the present and through all the countries where they have been bred. Over 200 photographs and reproductions of ancient and modern art depict the great horses of the past and present, the conditions under which they were kept, how they were trained, and how the strains were developed. Drawings show the important points of the classic Arabian, and charts outline the major strains. The canvas on which the author has painted this panorama of the Arabian is large, and it is dedicated to the creative breeders, not only of the past and present, but especially of the future. |
Contents
Acknowledgments | 9 |
The Horse and Chariot in Art Archaeology and Mythology | 32 |
Pharaohs Horses | 47 |
The Age of Poetry | 60 |
Daughters of the Wind | 72 |
The Age of Splendor | 88 |
The Renaissance of Horse Breeding under Mohammed | 109 |
The Celebrated Stud of Abbas Pasha | 131 |
The Classic Arabian | 228 |
Foundation Horses of the Royal Agricultural Society | 253 |
Their Origin and Modern Descendants | 274 |
The Strain of Dahman Shahwan | 290 |
The Strain of Saklawi Jedran Ibn Sudan | 312 |
The Strain of Hadban Enzahi | 338 |
The Strains of Kuhaylan Mimreh Kuhaylan Jellabi | 351 |
Horse Racing in Egypt | 371 |
Ali Pasha Sherif Preserves the Legacy | 144 |
The Benefactors | 179 |
The Royal Agricultural SocietyProtector of the Breed | 209 |
Dancing Horses of the Nile Valley | 395 |
Common terms and phrases
Abbas Pasha Ali Pasha Sherif America ancient Ansata Bint Ansata Ibn Halima Arab Arab horses Arabian horse Aziz Babson Bahreyn beautiful became bedouin Bint Bint Bint Helwa blood bred breeders breeding program broodmares Bukra Cairo chariot chestnut classic Arabian color colt Crabbet Dahman Shahwan dancing horses daughter descended desert desert-bred Egypt Egyptian Egyptian Arabians Emir Feysul filly grey Hadban Hamdan Hamont head herdbook Hittites Hyksos Ibn Rabdan Ibn Sudan Ibrahim Pasha Inshass Ishmael Jellabi Jellabiyah Khalifa king Kuhaylan Lady Anne Blunt legs Mabrouka mameluke Manial Mansour mare Mesaoud Mimreh Moniet El Nefous Morafic Nazeer Nejd Pasha Sherif pedigrees Prince Ahmed Prince Kemal el-Dine Prince Mohammed racehorses racing Raswan Rodan Sabah Saklawi Jedran Saklawiyah Jedraniyah Samhan Shahloul Sheik Sheikh El Arab Sheykh Obeyd Sid Abouhom sire stables stallion steeds strain stud studbook studfarm Sudan sultan Tahawiya tail female Tousson tribe Zaafarana