Arabian horse… El Nasser Shaarawi 5 Sep 20255 Sep 2025 A scanned image of the letter Dr Mohamed El Marsafi sent to Judith Forbis. In the right handside, El Nasser Shaarawi is listed. No photograph available of this stallion. Breeders…
history… The Importance of The Levant and Anatolia to Egypt: in Ancient and Modern Times 5 Jan 20255 May 2025 Photo of Ibn Mansour (Mansour x Bint Rissala) at RAS (later renamed EAO). Source: Tārīkh Tarbiyat Al-Khuyūl Al-ʻArabīyah fī Miṣr by Abd al-'Alīm 'Ashoub I was preparing an article and…
Ancient History… Iconography of Horses in ancient Egypt 7 Dec 20245 May 2025 Iconography of Ancient Egyptian Horses - an Interview. Lonneke Delpeut, an Egyptologist specialized in visual culture, talks to us about the representation of horses in ancient Egyptian tombs and temples.…
equestrian… The Horse in Mamluk Military: The Dongola Horse 8 Nov 202422 Dec 2024 Was the Dongola Horse the preferred mount of the Mamluks? This is the question I sought to answer. I was well aware that the Mamluks did not exclusively favour the…
Ancient History… Horses in Ancient Egypt, Part III: The Skeletons 19 Oct 202415 Nov 2024 The Horse in New Kingdom Egypt is an indispensable book to anyone who wants to learn about horses in ancient Egypt. It is a PhD dissertation by Dr. Susan Turner,…
equestrian… Equestrian Traditions in Upper Egypt: al-Mirmah 30 Apr 20236 May 2025 At the Swiss Institute of Archaeology in Zamalek, I delivered a lecture on one of the equestrian traditions of Upper Egypt known as al-Mirmah to members of the Friends of…
Arabian horse… Wegdan El Barbary: History in Photographs 25 Jan 202315 Nov 2024 In the autumn of 2008, I paid Wegdan El Barbary (aka Dani) a visit to learn about the Arabian horse. Actually, I used to pay Dani many visits, and I…
Arabian horse… Qualities of The Arabian Horse in Arabic Manuscripts (Part I) 2 Jul 202119 Apr 2025 “Don't let the beauty of a horse fool you, my exalted sultan... fine looks do not indicate a sound character”, he said. One day Salahuddin summoned his courtiers, dignitaries of…
Horse History… Equine Veterinary Knowledge in the Islamic World 7 May 202115 Nov 2024 This article was published in Al-Tibb, Healing Traditions in Islamic Medical Manuscripts, a catalogue published by ISLAMIC ARTS MUSEUM MALAYSIA. In the 12th and 13th centuries AD, Egypt had its…
equestrian… Anatomy of The Horse in the 15th Century 5 Mar 202115 Nov 2024 This article was first published on MuslimHeritage.com on June 5th, 2009. The version published hereafter was revised and augmented with a section of references on veterinary medicine and hippiatrics in…
The Horse in Word and Picture 