Original Arabian - Saudi Arabia; Strain: Muniqi
Also known as ZARIFF
Al Khamsa: A Foundation Horse; Ancestral Elements Europa, 100.0%
Bred by the Ruala Bedouins - Saudi Arabia
Purchased as a yearling from them by Prince Pukler for his Muskau Estates in East Prussia (Germany)
1837 sold to Moscow, Russia by Prince Puckler
1846 to Germany for Trakehnen Stud where he was used as a sire 1846, 1848-1850 and 1852
1852 purchased for Weil Stud - Germany by Stud Master Fischer where he was the leading sire until 1859
He was the sire of at least six purebred Arabian foals: two at Trakehnen and four at Weil
References:
Al Khamsa.org
Arabianhorses.org/datasource
Rashaka.at
Shagyadata.ch
Trk-Base.com
May 2015 Arabian Horse World Magazine
1969 Book - The Raswan Index #11233, #11238 and photo plate 35
1980 Book - Foundation Horses of Arabian Breeding by Carl-Heinz Domken
1991 Book - The Arabian Horse Families of Poland 1790-1987 by Britta Fahlgren