SHEIKH AL ARAB  . C, ARABIAN, 1930
| Height: Rakan ibn Mirshid
SHAYKH AL-ARAB: a chestnut,the owner of Shaykh al-‘Arab was the shaykh of the Gumassah subtribe of Sba’ah, Rakan ibn Mirshid.
Strain: ‘Ubayyan Sharrak
Sire: a desert-bred Ma’naghi Sbayli of Awdah al-Mis’ir [some sources say the sire of Shayk al-‘Arab was a Kuhaylan Nowak, cf. the Syrian Studbook];
Dam: Ubayyah Sharrakiyah, Sba’ah tribe
Shaykh al-‘Arab was one of the best horses who ever came to the Hippodrome de Beyrouth and was bought by the Lebanese Ministry of Agriculture for breeding; at one time in the seventies.was known to be very slow on serving mares. It would take him about an hour to cover a mare. See also what Ali al-Barazi has to say on him.sire of Mach’al and Zanubia,Sa’ad al-‘Arab and Daham imported to the USA by the Hindis,
By Edouard Aldahdah - Depuis le départ des sba'as pour le koweit et l'arabie saoudite la lignée maternelle de SHEIKH AL ARAB reste dans les mains des tribus al Naim.
(photo been added by: khalid Rakhani, date of Faoul 1930)
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