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call, and it was those five that founded the five great 
families. 
160. The Keheilan Ajus.— This strain is the most 
numerous, and from it all other Keheilans are offshoots. 
The words Kheleilan Ajus mean the mare of the old woman, 
derived from a legend that the mare was dropped by its 
dam near a well kept by an old woman, where the rider had 
stopped. The traveler rode off in a short time, leaving the 
filly colt with the old woman. The next morning the colt 
was found by its mother’s side, having traced her across 
the desert during the night. Among the Keheilans, bays 
are more numerous than any other color. They are the 
fastest, although not the hardiest horses nor the most 
beautiful. They bear a closer resemblance to the English 
Thoroughbred than any others, as they are more nearly 
related. The Darley Arabian, perhaps the only thorough- 
bred Anazeh horse in our stud-books, was a Keheilan of the 
sub-family called Ras-el-Fadawi. 
161. The Seglawi family have descended from four 
great mares owned by a man of that name. At his death 
he gave his favorite mare to his brother Jedran, and thus 
the Seglawi Jedrans are the favorites of the Seglawies ; he 
gave the second mare to his brother Obeyran; the third 
to Arjebi; and the fourth to El-Abd, meaning the slave. 
The Seglawi Arjebi are extinct, and of the remaining 
strains, the Seglawi Jedran ranks first in the esteem of 
the Bedouins, and Seglawi El-Abd second. Some years 
ago, Abbas Pasha, of Egypt, purchased nearly all of the 
Seglawi Jedran mares from the Anazeh tribe, paying as 
high a price, it is said, as 3000 pounds for a single old 
mare. Many chestnut-colored horses are found among 
the Seglawis; possibly, with the bays, they would form 
about an equal division. 
