Al Khamsa History
Ancestral Elements Series: Inshass Al Khamsa’s ‘language’ about pedigrees can seem complicated at first, but it is actually meant to be a simplification of the process of understanding the total pedigree of an Arabian horse. You need to learn two terms: Foundation Horses and Ancestral Elements. These terms are explained briefly here, but for detailed information, please see the research work, Al Khamsa Arabians III (2008). A Foundation Horse is what it sounds like: when you go back as far as you can in a pedigree, you stop with either a Bedouin tribe or with a recognized source that is believed to have stock only from the Bedouin tribes. Ancestral Elements are the Building Blocks of Al Khamsa Pedigrees An Ancestral Element refers to the country, stud farm, person or group who imported or was primarily associated with the Foundation Horses concerned. Four Foundation Horses were acquired individually and are designated by their own names. Simple parenthetical codes follow the names of Foundation horses, which help identify the Ancestral Element blocks to which they belong. Khamsat V29N1 began this series, AYERZA; V29N2: BISTANY; V29N3: BORDEN; V29N4: COBB; V30N1: BLUNT; V30N2: CRANE; V30.3: DWARKA; V30.4: DAVENPORT; V31.1: HAMIDIE; V31.2: HEARST; V31.3: HUNTINGTON. Terminology: a hujjah (hujaj, plural) is a signed and sealed document of evidence/testimony about a thing. In Al Khamsa terms, this means a testimony about the provenance of an Arabian horse. When such a document survives, it is the most important information about an Arabian horse. Unreferenced page numbers refer to Al Khamsa Arabians III.
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The former kings of Egypt, Fuad (ruled 1917–1936) and Faruq (Farouk) (ruled 1936–1952), maintained the Inshass Stud in Egypt as their private enterprise. The foundation breeding stock consisted of horses of the established Egyptian bloodlines (which are designated under EGYPT in this volume), horses acquired by Inshass for racing and breeding, and several mares which were gifts from the Sa’ud studs in Saudi Arabia. These latter two categories are referred to as INSHASS in Al Khamsa Arabians III. Inshass was also recipient of gift horses that were not retained for breeding or were not incorporated into the Inshass program. Descendants of such horses are not included here. The term INSHASS (see also under Sa’ud) applies to the following horses. • Badria (INS) 1941 mare, see p149 • Besheir el Ashkar (INS) 1935 stallion, see p152 BADRIA (INS) • El Deree (INS) c.1920 grey stallion, see p159 1941 chestnut mare presented to the Inshass Stud of King Faruq • El Kahila (INS) 1921 bay mare, see p160 [from Sa’ud] in Egypt by Bisharat Bey, transferred to the Veterinary Section of the Egyptian Army in 1953. • El Samraa (INS) 1924 grey mare, see p161 NOTES: The above information is from the entry for Badria, • El Shahbaa (INS) 1925 grey mare, see p161 horse #83, in the Inshass Original Herd Book. EAO Stud Book Vol. 3 • Hind (INS) 1942 grey mare, see p176 [from Sa’ud] repeats date of birth, color and date of transfer. Both date the pre• Mabrouka (INS) 1930 bay mare, see p187 [from Sa’ud] sentation to 1948. Dr. Ameen Zaher, an Egyptian veterinarian and • Nafaa (lNS) 1941 roan mare, see p196 [from Sa’ud] student of Egyptian horses and brother to King Faruq’s secretary, says in a 10.9.1979 letter to W.G. Olms that Badria died at Inshass. Midhat Bisharat, son of Bisharat Bey (Shibly Bisharat, a Palestinian businessman involved in resale of war materiél), wrote on 12.27.1982 to Dr. Hans-Joachim Nagel that Badria was by an ‘Ubayyan and out of a Hamdaniyah and had been purchased by his father from the Trans-Jordanian Frontier Force when it disbanded in 1946 following World War II. [Bisharat has been transliterated also as Basharat and Bischarat.] Dam of four foals: Badr (INS) 1946 cs Besheir El Ashkar (INS) Bedour 1949 brm by El Belbesi (INS) Bedran 1952 cm by Ezzat (INS) Bandong (INS) 1957 cs by Anter (INS) In progeny lists, italics are used for horses not in Al Khamsa pedigrees. Only eligible-to-be Al Khamsa horses are shown in the progeny lists.
Bedour (INS), daughter of Badria (INS), Judith Forbis photo.
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