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Mohammed Ali the
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At the beginning of the 19th. century, Mohammed Ali the Great
(1769 - 1848), founder of modern Egypt, imported few of the
purest Arabians from Arabia after 1811 |
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Importation was continued by his son Ibrahim Pasha (1789 - 1848)
and grandson, Abbas Pasha I (1813 - 1854), who spent a fortune
collecting Arabians and information about them from the Bedouins
of Arabian peninsula |
Abbas Pasha I |
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Elhami Pasha |
When Abbas Pasha I died he left his Arabians to his son, Elhami
Pasha, who wasn't much interested in them |
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Fortunately Ali
Pasha Sherif bought most of them, which he bred properly. He
owned about 400 Arabians.
Ali Pasha Sherif
died in 1897, his horses were sold at public auction |
Ali Pasha Sherif |
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Egyptian breeders were mostly of the royal family, the Khedive
Abbas Hilmi II, Prince Ahmed Kamal, Prince Mohammed Ali and
Prince Kamal el-din Hussein. |
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Prince Mohammed Ali
Tawfik |
Prince Kamal el-din
Hussein
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In 1908 the breeding section of the Royal Agricultural Society
(RAS) was assigned to start breeding pure Arabians after
obtaining descendants of Abbas Pasha's breeding stock from, the
late Khedive Abbas Pasha Hilmi II, Prince Mohammed Ali Tawfik,
Lady Anne Blunt and her daughter Lady Wentworth
Kheir (badaouia X Ibn samhan)
Born 1924
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The horses were
collected in Bahteem Stud, by 1928 RAS bought 60 acres at Kafr
Farouk (Ein Shams desert), to provide pure Arabians with their
natural environment.
The horses were
moved to the new stud , known today as "El-Zahraa", which still
existing 15 min. from Cairo airport.
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Moniet El-Nefous (Wanisa X Shahloul)
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In 1952 the Royal Agricultural Society (RAS) was given the name
Egyptian Agricultural Organization (EAO). |
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Today we follow the footsteps of those great horse breeders, and
for hundreds of years, Egypt have been the homeland of pure
Egyptian Arabians the most beautiful of Arabian horses. |
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