Early History of Arab Horses 39 



Salaman, fourth in descent from 

 Ishmael, living B. C, 1635, contempor- 

 ary of Hezron, is recorded as owner of five 

 mares of superlative value. Five hun- 

 dred years later, his descendant eight 

 generations further along, contemporary 

 of David, was a man named Rabiah. It 

 is recorded that although Rabiah was the 

 third son of Nazar (perhaps the fourth) he 

 was chosen by his father as the most suit- 

 able person to be entrusted with his very 

 valuable breeding mares, and to continue 

 their use properly, so they were given to 

 him. and the words al Faras (" of the 

 horses") were added to his name. Rabiah 

 al Faras was the grandfather of Anazah ; 

 and from him spring all those Bedouin 

 tribes that bear his name, who breed, 

 and have bred for three thousand years, 

 the purest and choicest Arab horses. 

 Anazah inherited them from his grand- 



