ON THE COLOUBS AND HARES IN H0B8K8 9 



lucky. The Mnghals of Persia, however, object to it, calling it 

 " spotted " (khdl-dclr) ; they consider it worthless. 



If a horse has either the near- or the off -hind white, it is 

 defective and is called arjal} Do not buy it, for it is grievously 

 faulty. If the seller says to you, " Oh, but there's white on the 

 forehead, too,*' do not give ear to his specious words, for the 

 Prophet has said that an arjal^ is bad; what else, then, is there to 

 be said ? 



If a horse is either mouse-coloured {sor), or else a grey with 

 the underlying skin in patches of white and black =^ {sanjdb), the 

 people of Hindustan^ and the Panjab do not consider it bad, but 

 the Persians do. The latter say these colours are objectionable 

 because Yazld* often rode such horses. 



If asked the best colour for a horse, reply "bay" {kumayt). A 

 khaki dun {khingY comes next, and then a dun with black mane 

 and tail and black knees {sarii<ind) . Next comes a cream horse 

 spotted or splashed with other colours {ahrcLshY and a dun- 

 coloured horse with black list and ears {kdnun)J Next piebald or 

 skewbald [ahlaq), and hoz or light grey,^ but that hoz which is black- 

 eyed {qara-qilz, T.). Next black {inushlil) and a bright-red dun 

 with a " list " {qulld).^ After these two come a splashed red-roan 

 {garrd), and a grey with a dark mane and tail (sabza). Next in 

 order comes chesnut [surang), and next a cream-dun with cream 

 mane and tail {shirgha). After this comes a horse with four white 

 stockings and a blaze {pach-kaliydn) , and next a horse flecked with 

 white hairs {chdl)}^ 



1 Vide page 4 and note 8, page 4. 



2 Sometimes the patches are distinct only when the horse is wet. 



^ Hindustan, i.e., the upper Ganjetic plain, Oadh, the former 

 N.W.P. and Behar. 



* Yazid, the King who despatched Shimr to kill Husayn on the 

 " Plain of Anguish." 



^ The colour of Multani clay. The term khing is vague. 



' Thus kumayt abrash, cream-coloured with bay spots or splashes. 



7 Also qdnun; obsolete terms. 



* Boz, T., grey ; probably with light mane and tail. 



^ Properly quid, T. Apparently from quldn, T., " a wild ass." I 

 believe a qtild horse should properly have black zebra stripes on the 

 fore-legs. 



^° Or chal, T., term obsolete in India. 



