photo of *Fadl in old age from Forbis and Schimanski "The Royal Arabians of Egypt and the stud of Henry B. Babson".
Kuhaylan, feminine Kuhaylah or Kuhaylat
Sub-strains appearing in Al Khamsa pedigrees include Kuhaylan-Abu Muhsin, Kuhaylan-'Afayr, Kuhaylan-Haifi, Kuhaylan-Jallabi, Kuhaylan-Jurayban, Kuhaylan-Kurush, Kuhaylan-Mimrih, Kuhaylan-Nauwaqi, Kuhaylan-Tamri, Kuhayln-Ajuz Al Khorma, Kuhaylan-Ajuz Dajan, Kuhaylan-Ajuz Harqan, Kuhaylan-Ajuz Rabda, Kuhaylan-Ajuz Rodan,
photo of *Fadl in old age from Forbis and Schimanski "The Royal Arabians of Egypt and the stud of Henry B. Babson".
Kuhaylan type horses appear muscular, compact, and of symmetrical, rounded outlines. Their silhouettes tend to flow from head to tail. They are deep in the chest and broad fromt the front and rear views. The back seems very strong with the body being deep. The muscles seem round and distinct, the gaskins and forearms are broad and strong. Angles in the quarters are relatively closed. Head carriage is moderately high, and the body and neck do not appear long. In general no one feature stands out as prominent over others. The head has very detailed facial features (prominent veins, tear bones, wrinkled skin, etc.) with extremely broad forehead and great width between the eyes and jaws, very large eyes. Ears seem relatively small. Their disposition is gentle and kind. Kuhaylans combine beauty and muscular strength, and make excellent all-around saddle horses. In Sheykh Obeyd bloodlines tail-female Kuhaylan families include: the strain Kuhaylan-Ajuz Rodan, root mare Rodania (1869 desert bred, D.B., imported by the Blunts); and the strain Kuhaylan-Jallabi, root mare Jellabiet Feysul (ca. 1842 D.B. imported by Abbas Pasha).
Sub-strains appearing in Al Khamsa pedigrees include Hamdani-Simri.
The Hamdani is a Kuhaylan type, but larger and longer, bigger boned and with heftier joints, showing even greater barrel and chest, a noticeably egg-shaped hindquarters. The flow from head to tail is similar to the Kuhaylan, the back is quite strong. Carriage is again moderate, but perhaps lower than the Kuhaylan. Withers are more prominent, hind legs are straighter. The head appears larger, with less detailing, but even wider between the eyes and jaws. The head is wedge-shaped, with a relatively straight profile. Their disposition is very quiet and fearless. Colors tend to be solid bays and greys with little white. The Hamdani excel in endurance, with hunter type movement. In Sheykh Obeyd bloodlines there are no longer any tail-female lines to the Hamdani strain. Found in other than tail female lines within Sheykh Obeyd pedigrees isthe Hamdani-Simri mare Selma (ca. 1850's ) of Abbas Pasha breeding. Her daughter Sobha (1879) by Wazir was acquired by the Blunts in 1891. She is the tail female of the stallion Sotamm BLT, 1910 (sire of the Babson import *Bint Serra I and great grandsire of the Babson import *Bint Bint Sabbah) and Seyal (1897) who sired *Berk. Another Hamdani-Simri mare is Muniet El Nefous EGY (ca. 1875), the dam of El Sennari who is found in the pedigrees of Ibn Rabdan RAS (sire of Babson imports *Fadl, *Maaroufa and *Bint Bint Durra) and Baiyad RAS (sire of Babson import *Bint Bint Sabbah), among others.
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