Color: b
GSB*37
A Kuhaylat 'Ajuz of the Da'janiyah family (or Kuhaylah Da'janiyah) The first purebred Arabian acquired by the Blunts in the Middle East According to GSB vol.15, she was bred by Mohammed Pasha and Mr WS Blunt purchased her at Aleppo in 1877. 1878 Exported to England by Wilfrid & Lady Anne Blunt. By a Kuhaylan Nuwaq out of a Kuhaylah Ajuz of the Saba'ah from Weatherby's General Stud Book Vol XIV p603 It is consistent with material from Archer, et al [1978, p96] and Upton [1980, p80], both said to be based on access to records of the Blunts, who also called the mare Jasmine and Lady Hester. According to both references, Dajania was purchased at Aleppo on December 25 1877, through Shaykh Sayyid Ahmad of the Hannadi, a member of the tribe which had stolen the mare from Muhammad Pasha. Raswan Index entry 1853 Owner: Wilfrid & Lady Anne Blunt, Crabbet Stud, 1878 onwards Breeder: Muhammad Pasha, a Turkomen chief, who had stolen her dam from the Saba'ah Markings: R Fore & Both Hind Pasterns
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