“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 state, and commanders of his stables. He had been on a mission of fetching the finest of horses required for his military campaigns. And forContinue reading “Qualities of The Arabian Horse in Arabic Manuscripts (Part I)”
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Anatomy of The Horse in the 15th Century
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 medieval Islamic world. The famous image we find in an Arabic manuscript depicting the “al-faras al-mastuh” (a horse lying on its back) is aContinue reading “Anatomy of The Horse in the 15th Century”
Back to the Land of the Nile
This article was first published in The Arabian Magazine, Collectors’ Edition, 2009. Inshass Royal stud (RAS) was founded in the mid 1920s with a collection of horses bred by Egyptian breeders followed by desert-bred horses gifted to King Farouk of Egypt joined the stock. When the 1952 military coup took place and the sun ofContinue reading “Back to the Land of the Nile”
A Day at El Zahraa
Two days before the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, Dr. Nasr Marei and I visited El Zahraa on a specific photography mission. The purpose was to take photos of the horses that would represent the recent additions to the list of horses that the EAO will use significantly in their future breeding program.
The Horse in Word and Picture 