Known as:

Shalfa or Nura El Kebira

Breed:

Asil Saudi

Colour:

Grey

Sex:

Female

Date of Birth:

185?

Born In:

Saudi Arabia

Currently In:

Egypt

Awards:

Following the studies of Edouard Al Dahdah (see his book "The Arabian Horses of Abbas Pasha", pag 53) this mare referred as "the white Dahmeh Nejiba of Khalil El Hairy" was in truth a Dahmah Shahwaniyah from the Kunayhir strain, not of Al Najib.

Breed Registration Number:

EGYPT*1B

Bloodline Strain:

Dahmah Kunayhir

Breeder:

Khalil al-Hajri, the Shaykh of the Bani Hajr, section of Qahtan Bedouins

Owner:

imported prior to 1855 to Egypt for Abbas Pasha.

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