Original Arabian - Syria; Height: Strain: Muniqi Sbaili
Al Khamsa: A Foundation Horse; Ancestral Elements Europa, 100.0%
Bred by the Saba Anazeh Bedouins - Syria
1885 imported to Babolna Stud - Hungary by Generalmajor Michael (Mihály) Fadlallah el Hedad (Commandant of the stud 1899-1913)
1885-1910 he was a sire at Babolna
Died 1910 and was buried under an acacia tree at Babolna. His gravestone reads, Sire O'Bajan, Dame Manechie was born in 1880 in Tell-El-Keladi, Syria. Bought for 6,000 francs in 1885; for 25 years covered mares here. He sired 312 foals of whom 112 became premium stallions and 56 brood mares. Used for Trakehners.
A bronze sculpture may be seen at the Horsemuseum at Babolna.
References:
Al Khamsa.org
Arabianhorses.org/datasource
Rashaka.at
Shagyadata.ch
Trk-Base.com
1969 Book - The Raswan Index: #7500
1980 Book - Foundation Horses of Arabian Breeding by Carl-Heinz Domken
1991 Book - The Arabian Horse Families of Poland 1790-1987 by Britta Fahlgren