Arabian horses originate among the Bedouin tribes of Desert Arabia. As creators of the breed, the Bedouin are the only ones that can self certify a horse as Arabian.
The tribes included in this section are not a complete list of the Bedouin tribes, but most of the main tribes that Arabian horses that have been exported from Desert Arabia trace ancestry to.
This list is a simple way for readers to understand the central common point of origin for Arabian horses: the Bedouin tribes.
1876, Saqlawi Jadran of Ibn al-Dirri stallion. According to Al Khamsa, Pharaoh was bred by al-Naddi Ibn al-Dirri of the Saba’ah tribe, purchased by Mr. James H. Skene, H.M. Consul…
1874, Saqlawi Jadran of Ibn Zubayni stallion. According to Al Khamsa, Kars was of the Mhayd section of the Fid’an tribe, purchased from the Fid’an by Mahmud Aga, a Kurdish…
1874, Ma’naqiyah Hudrujiyah mare. According to Al Khamsa, Jerboa was bred at Dayr out of a mare from the ‘Ubayd section of the Fid’an tribe and imported in 1878 to…
1878, Hadban Inzihi stallion. According to Al Khamsa, Hadban was bred by Jafin Ibn ‘Aqil, Shaykh of the Da’ajani section of the ‘Utaybah tribe and imported in 1883 to India…
1876, Kuhaylah Da’janiyah mare. According to Al Khamsa, Dajania was bred by Muhammad Pasha, a Turkmen chief, who had stolen her dam from the Saba’ah. She was imported in 1878…
1875, Saqlawiyah Jadraniyah of Ibn al-Dirri mare. According to Al Khamsa, Basilisk was of the Qumusah section of the Saba’ah foaled in the possession of ‘Abd al-Qadir of Deyr, purchased…
1881, grey Saqlawi Jadran of Ibn al-Dirri stallion. According to Al Khamsa, Azrek was bred by Shaykh Mashlab Ibn al-Dirri of the Qumusah section of the Sba’ah tribe, imported in…
