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The Three Graces
Not Botticelli’s, Rubens’ or Canova’s Three Graces, but Danah Al Khalifa’s: Diva, Danika, Daniah. Photos by Jenny Lees. Daniah with the pretty face and the dark mane is the youngest, and is now with...
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Sakhir and Rifaa palaces in Bahrain, 1926 – Royal Geographical Society images
Sir Ruper Hay, a British political agent in Bahrain two these two photos for the UK Royal Geographical Society now part of Getty Images archives online. The top one is captioned: ”The ruler of...
View ArticleJasminah and Danika this morning
Video by Christelle Seranne who keeps them for me. As Christelle put it, an Iran versus Bahrain showdown, with an electric fence rather than a Gulf in between.
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An unpublished picture of the imported mare *Hadriya
Courtesy of Nina Heidke, who continues to breed the horses of her partner Lee Oellerich, including descendants of *Hadriyah (*Jalam Al Ubayyan x *Savannah) of the Dahmah Shahwan strain.
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Speculation on the sire of the Bahraini mare Nuhra
Al Khamsa has the following information on the Bahraini mare Nuhra (two photos above): A 1936 bay Kuhaylah Wadnah Khursaniyah mare bred by the Amiri Stud of Bahrain. By a Kuhaylan Jallabi by a...
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Old Dahman I of Bahrain in English language sources
More progress in comparing written primary sources on Bahraini horses with each other. This time it’s about Old Dahman I (1938-1970) also known as Dhahmaan Alawwal, one of the foundation stallions of...
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The Ubayyan strain of Ibn Jiluwi in Bahrain
Some progress in linking primary sources on older Bahraini horses to each other. The below is an Ubayyah mare in Volume 1 of the Amiri Arabian Stud Book of Bahrain (page 63): Compare with the...
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On the background of Krush Al Araibi — the beautiful mare in Bahrain
I was always curious about the background of the Bahraini stallion Krushan Speckled (aka Krushan Al Marshoosh, also called Krushan Al Aswad, and his beautiful dam Krush Al Araibi (alt spelling...
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Dating the Saidan strain in Bahrain: 1816, but branching off an older...
The stud of Sheykh Muhammad B. Salman Aal Khalifah in Bahrain includes representatives of an Arabian horse strain by the name of “Sa’idan”, of which one impressive representative is the stallion...
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Kuheilaan Aafas Maidaan in 2025
A nice article in Arabian Horse Magazine by Jehangir Rustomjee on his visit to Poland to see Kuheilaan Aafas Maidaan. Below a different photo of him, by © Lidia Pawłowska.
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Jezar by Sarhan x Jezabel
Jens Sannek continues to gratify me with photos of desert Arabian imports to Europe and their progeny. This photo came to him from the late Austrian breeder Anton Tucek. It shows Anton’s 1991 bay...
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A 1946 photo of *Sawannah’s Bahraini owner
A September 1975 letter by the late Danah Aal Khalifa in response to a photo sent to her by Lee Oellerich identified the chestnut mare *Sawannah, born in 1948, and later imported to the USA, as...
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Hamdaany Darak, Hamdani Ibn Ghiyam from Bahrain
Very proud of Darak, one of three Diva sons to come to France. Diva was one of Danah Al Khalifah’s best mares.
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Two new photos of Saqlawiyah Oleander from Bahrain
The nice Facebook page “The Old Bahrain” published these photos. The first photo has this legend: 1950s: Sir Charles Belgrave, Advisor to the ruler of Bahrain, astride his Arabian mare Oleander during...
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Danika the other day
She was bred to Hamdaany Dafuq. In the background, her full sister Dhahabiah, whose loss two weeks ago was a real blunder.
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Jellaby Maroof M309, my kind of horse
Lyman sent me this photo of Jellaby Maroof M30 from one of the later Bahraini studbooks. My kind of Arabian stallion. Maroof is the maternal brother of Jellaby Radad, who is the sire of my Hamdaany...
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Rabdaan Muttaawi 819, a Bahraini gem
The late Danah Al Khalifa sure knew how to pick stallions for her Sitah-linebred mares. Georgous Rabdaan Muttaawi (Musannaan Al Meemar x Rabda Shaawieh by Burkaan D3) is just one example. He is the...
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Bahrain Amiri stables in 1977
Kate shared this picture from the 1977 edition of the “Encyclopedia of the Horse”. The legend says “Arаb mares and foаls аtthe stabIes of the Emir in Bahrain on the Persian Gulf.” Neither her or I had...
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Dhahabiah, gone way too soon
Beautiful Dhahabiah (Rabdaan Muttaawi x Deede by Ibn Sitah) died a sudden death a few days ago. Diarrhea in the morning, then again in the afternoon, spasms and then gone. All in twelve hours. She had...
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High definition photo of Sitah
Jens Sannek shared this photo of Sitah D1 which Erika Schiele had given him in 1976. The photo was taken earlier. Note the huge eye, and the body and overall quality reminiscent of another desert...
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