Bred by Shaykh Salman Ibn Hamad al-Khalifah, Bahrain. Imported from Bahrain to United States of America in 1954 by K.M. Kelly. Sired by a stallion of the ruling family of Bahrain, and out of a Dahmah mare of Shaykh Salman.

First photo (man holding her reins) is from the informative article "*Sawannah, 1948 Dahmah from Bahrain in the USA" on the Daughter of the Wind website. The second photo (no human) is from Sporthorse-data.com.