Ancestral Elements Series: Inshass

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. u

INSHASS

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 • El Deree (INS) c.1920 grey stallion, see p159 • El Kahila (INS) 1921 bay mare, see p160 [from Sa’ud] • El Samraa (INS) 1924 grey mare, see p161 • El Shahbaa (INS) 1925 grey mare, see p161 • Hind (INS) 1942 grey mare, see p176 [from Sa’ud] • Mabrouka (INS) 1930 bay mare, see p187 [from Sa’ud] • Nafaa (lNS) 1941 roan mare, see p196 [from Sa’ud] BADRIA (INS)

1941 chestnut mare presented to the Inshass Stud of King Faruq in Egypt by Bisharat Bey, transferred to the Veterinary Section of the Egyptian Army in 1953.

NOTES: The above information is from the entry for Badria, horse #83, in the Inshass Original Herd Book. EAO Stud Book Vol. 3 repeats date of birth, color and date of transfer. Both date the presentation to 1948. Dr. Ameen Zaher, an Egyptian veterinarian and 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.

BESHEIR EL ASHKAR (INS)

1935 chestnut stallion presented to the Inshass Stud of King Faruq of Egypt by Bisharat Bey. Sold to El Wasta Farm in 1951. [Alternate spellings: Basheer, Bashir, Bishir Al Ashkar and other variations]

NOTES: The above information is from the entry for Besheir El Ashkar, horse #80, in the Inshass Original Herd Book. EAO Stud Book Vol. 3 repeats date of birth, color and date of sale. Both date the presentation to 1948. Neither offers strain or family history. Dr. Ameen Zaher, an Egyptian veterinarian and student of Egyptian horses and brother to King Faruq’s secretary, says in a 10.9.1979 letter to W.G. Olms that El Wasta Farm was a part of the Inshass Stud.

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 Besheir El Ashkar was by a Saqlawi and out of a Kuhaylat ‘Ajuz 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.] Sire of at least one foal: Badr (INS) 1947 cs out of Badria (INS) Possible sire of Mahmouda (INS) and Rabiaa (INS) See Pedigree Notes: Alternate Sire, p297, for further information.

EL DEREE (INS)

c1920 grey Saqlawi Sh’aifi stallion in the Inshass Stud of Egypt and presented to the Royal Agricultural Society by King Fuad in 1934. [Alternate spelling: El Dere]

NOTES: This information (with the exception of the birthdate, which is an Al Khamsa estimate) is from the RAS History p29.

Judith Forbis [1989] has several items about El Deree. His race record on p384 shows him to have raced 1924-1927. On p134, Shaykh ‘Abd al-Aziz al-Sabiq, a Dawasir Bedouin living in Egypt, is quoted on 9.25.1968 as saying that El Deree was from Hussayn al-Dayri from the al-Jubur tribe in present-day Syria. On p135, Ali al-Barazi, a Syrian horse breeder living in Egypt at the time, is quoted on 8.6.1979 as saying that El Deree was from Hamad Ibn Mudayfir from Najd. This is apparently incorrect. Sire of 43 foals, including: AN EXISTING Zareef 1929 -s out of El Kahila (INS) AL KHAMSA Sabha 1930 -m out of Radia (MNL) SIRE LINE Bolhol 1930 -s out of Zahra (MNL) El Zabia (INS) 1931 gm out of El Kahila (INS) Saada (INS) 1931 gm out of Ghazala (MNL) El Zorayka 1931 -m out of El Samraa (INS) Thouraya (INS) 1932 -m out of Radia (MNL) Hind 1932 gm out of Zahra (MNL) Sahm 1932 -s out of El Kahila (INS) Tarrada 1932 -m out of El Samraa (INS) Bahi 1932 -s out of Radia (MNL) Nadir 1932 -s out of El Shahbaa (INS) Salma 1933 gm out of Zahra (MNL) Ghandoura (INS) 1933 gm out of El Samraa (INS) Samira (INS) 1934 gm out of El Samraa (INS) El Akhal 1934 -s out of El Kahila (INS) Amira 1935 gm out of Sabah (RAS) Hazma 1935 gm out of Nour [Mansour (RAS) x Bint Sabah (RAS)] Ghandoura 1935 -m out of Naeima [Kazmeen (BLT) x Durra (BLT)] Sid Abouhom (RAS) 1936 gs out of Layla (RAS) Hakma 1936 gm out of Bint Rabdan [Rabdan El Azrak (APK) x Bint

Gamila (KDV)] Agiba 1936 gm out of Bint Dalal by Hamran (BLT) out of Dalal Al

Zarka (APK) Azeem 1936 gs out of Hind (RAS) Morgana 1936 gm out of Bint Samiha (RAS) Moawada 1936 gm out of Bint Rissala (RAS) Aziza 1936 gm out of El Dahma [Rustem (BLT) out of Bint Obeya (KDV)] Haris 1936 gs out of Bint Rustem (RAS) Hagir 1936 gm out of Fayza [Ibn Rabdan (RAS) x Samiha (RAS)] Tashreefa 1937 gm out of Mahasin [Ibn Rabdan (RAS) x Bint Gamila by Mabrouk Manial (MNL) out of Gamila Manial by Jamil (APS) out of Khatra, by Sabbah (APK) out of Doga, by Rabdan El

Azrak (APK) out of Bint Freiha (APK)] Nadi 1937 -s out of Naama [Ibn Rabdan (RAS) x Mofida by Gamil

Manial (MNL) out of Gamila Manial (above)] Garada 1937 gm out of Nour [above] Hediea 1943 -m out of Fayza [above] Gasour 1943 -s out of Kahila [Ibn Rabdan (RAS) x Bint Rustem (RAS)] Nagiba 1943 -m out of Rowala [Ibn Samhan (RAS) x Bint Bint Riyala (RAS)] Hanii 1944 -s out of Fayza [above] Nasra 1944 gm out of Layla (RAS) Zameel 1947 -s out of Farhana [Kheir (RAS) x Magboura by Gamil

Manial (MNL) out of Bint Hadba El Saghira (KDV)] Dinar 1947 -s out of Ragia (RAS) Mabdooi 1948 gs out of Malaka (RAS) Set Abouha 1949 -m out of Helwa (RAS)

EL KAHILA (INS)

1921 bay Kuhaylah Kurush mare from the Sa’ud Royal Family imported in 1927 to Egypt by King Ibn Sa’ud as a gift for King Fuad.

NOTES: The above information is from the Inshass Original Herd Book, horse #9. The strain information is found under the entry for horse #18, El Kahila’s daughter El Zabia. Dam of six foals, including: AN EXISTING Zareef 1929 gs by El Deree (INS) AL KHAMSA El Zabia (INS) 1931 gm by El Deree (INS) DAM LINE Sahm 1932 brs by El Deree (INS) El Akhal 1934 cs by El Deree (INS) Aziza (INS) 1938 bm by Ibn Fayda (KAD)

EL SHAHBAA (INS)

1925 grey ‘Ubayyah Umm Jurays mare of Muhammad Ibrahim al-Hajj of Cairo, Egypt, purchased in 1931 by King Fuad. By a Hamdani of al-Nasiri and out of an ‘Ubayyah Umm Jurays.

NOTES: The above information is from the Inshass Original Herd Book, horse #12. Dam of five foals, including: AN EXISTING Nader 1932 cs by El Deree (INS) AL KHAMSA Shehab 1935 gs by Rasheed (KAD) DAM LINE El Mahroussa (INS) 1937 cm by El Zafir (INS) Naser 1939 cs by Ibn Fayda (KAD) EL SAMRAA (INS)

1924 grey mare of Shaykh ‘Umar ‘Abd al-Hafiz of Cairo, Egypt, purchased in 1931 by King Fuad. [Alternate spelling: El Samrah]

NOTES: The above information is from the entry for El Samraa, horse #13, in the Inshass Original Herd Book, which shows no strain. The EAO stud books have historically included her descendants in both the Saqlawi and Kuhaylan sections. Vol. VI of the EAO stud book shows the horses that are tail female to El Samraa as of the Kuhaylan strain.

The Raswan Index also shows both strains in separate entries, listing her once as Kuhaylah in additions entry #577 and also, under “Sumra” in additions entry #1423, as a Saqlawiyah Jidraniyah of Ibn Sudan.

The names of “Hab El Reah” as sire and “Bint El Sheik” as dam in the IOHB result from a misuse of a common Arabic statement about an Arabian mare, which says that she is by the breath of the wind (“Hab El Reah”) and is the pride of her owner (“Bint El Sheik”). AN EXISTING Dam of six foals, including: AL KHAMSA El Zereika 1931 gm by El Deree (INS) DAM LINE Tarrada 1932 cm by El Deree (INS) Ghandoura (INS) 1933 gm by El Deree (INS) Samira (INS) 1934 gm by El Deree (INS) Bint El Samraa (INS) 1940 cm by Mekdam (KAD)

Above, Sameh (INS), grandson of El Samraa (INS), out of Samira (INS). Judith Forbis photo.

Above left, Shadia I (INS), great granddaughter of El Kahila, out of Shams (INS). Judith Forbis photo.

Left, *Ibn Hafiza, by Sameh (INS), above, and out of a great granddaughter of El Shahbaa (INS).