6o The Arab Horse 



their mares, however, deserve at least 

 passing mention. 



Rodania, dam of Rose of Sharon, Rose- 

 mary, Rose of Jericho, and others. This 

 mare, far famed among the tribes of the 

 " Hamad," was the much prized property 

 of Beneyeh Ibn Shaalan, of the Roala 

 tribe of the Anazah. She was a chest- 

 nut Keheilet Ajuz of the Rodan strain, 

 bred by Ibn Rodan of the Roala tribe. 

 Sotaam Ibn Shaalan, supreme Sheik 

 of the tribe when visited by the Blunts 

 in March 1878, took her from his cousin 

 Beneyeh by unfair means, her theft being 

 the occasion of a feud between the two. 

 War breaking out between the Sebaa and 

 Roala tribes, Beneyeh refused to help 

 Sotaam, the Roala were badly beaten, 

 and they lost much plunder of camels 

 and mares, including Rodania. She was 

 taken by Tais Ibn Sharban of the Gor- 

 mussa tribe of the Sebaa Anazah, from 

 whom the Blunts bought her in 1881. 



Bint Helwa, a white Seglawieh Jed- 

 ranieh of the strain of Ibn Sudan of the 



