MY QUEST OF THE ARAB HORSE 



Anezeh horse in our stud books, was a Kehilan 

 of the sub-family called Ras-el-Fadawi. 



2 — The Seglawi Family. This family 

 descends from four great mares owned by a 

 man of that name. At his death he gave his 

 favorite mare to his favorite brother Jedran, 

 and thus the Seglawi Jedrans are the favorites 

 of the Seglawis. He gave the second mare 

 to his brother Obeyran; the third to Arjebi, 

 and the fourth to El-Abd, meaning the slave. 

 Many writers consider that all four mares were 

 full sisters. The Seglawi -Arjebi are extinct, 

 and of the remaining strains, the Seglawi Jed- 

 ran ranks first in the esteem of the Bedouins, 

 while the Seglawi-el-Abd come second. Some 

 years ago Abbas Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, 

 purchased nearly all of the Seglawieh Jed- 

 ranieh mares from the Anezeh tribe, paying as 

 high, so they told me, as £3,000 for a single 

 old mare. 



3 — Hamdani. The Hamdanis are not 

 common anywhere in the desert, the Shammar 

 being supposed to have the best. They are 

 mostly grays, though very handsome browns 

 and chestnuts are to be found among the 

 Shammar. The only strain of the Hamdani 

 which are counted "Chubby" are the Hamdani 



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