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Foundation Horses

Horses eligible for Al Khamsa have come to North America from a variety of sources and by way of many other countries. Al Khamsa traces their pedigrees back as far as they can go and calls these ancestors Foundation Horses. Currently, there are 192 Al Khamsa Foundation Horses represented in pedigrees of living Al Khamsa horses. To simplify understanding of the complex ancestry of our horses, the Foundation Horses have been divided into groups called "Ancestral Elements."

The Ancestral Element concept was developed to help people identify the bloodline history of the horses listed in Al Khamsa publications. An Ancestral Element refers to the country, stud farm, person, or group who imported or was primarily associated with the Foundation Horses within that group. Ancestral Elements do not necessarily conform to modern breeding programs.

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If your horse is an Al Khamsa Arabian, it will trace entirely to the Al Khamsa Foundation Horses below.

Ayerza

Number of Foundation Horses: 9

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
SBA 3.249	Deyman (AYZ)	1894 red-bay stallion
SBA 2.212	Gailan (AYZ)	1888 chestnut stallion
SBA 3.249	Hadi (AYZ)	1891 chestnut stallion
SBA 3.248	Haydee (AYZ)	1891 bay mare
SBA 3.248	Kariban (AYZ)	1895 chestnut mare
SBA 2.180	Maanaqui (AYZ)	1884 grey mare
SBA 3.292	Marhum (AYZ)	1890 bay stallion
SBA 3.292	Richam (AYZ)	1891 black/bay stallion
SBA 3.292	Sackat (AYZ)	1891 dark chestnut stallion

Bistany

Number of Foundation Horses: 1

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
AHA 000965	Al-Mashoor*	1928 grey stallion

Blunt

Number of Foundation Horses: 11

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
GSB 16.657	Azrek (BLT)	1881 grey stallion
GSB 16.651	Basilisk (BLT)	1875 grey mare
GSB 14.603	Dajania (BLT)	1876 bay mare
GSB 17.808	Ferida (BLT)	1886 bay mare
GSB 15.599	Hadban (BLT)	1878 bay stallion
GSB 14.603	Jerboa (BLT)	1874 bay mare
GSB 14.602	Kars (BLT)	1874 bay stallion
GSB 14.604	Pharaoh (BLT)	1876 bay stalltion
GSB 14.604	Queen of Sheba (BLT)	1875 brown mare
GSB 14.605	Rodania (BLT)	1869 chestnut mare
RAS ped– •Bint Bint Durra	Saadun (BLT)	1906 bay stallion

Borden

Number of Foundation Horses: 3

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
GSB 13.571	Kesia I (GSB)	c1865 bay mare
GSB 17.810	Kesia II (GSB)	1876 bay mare
GSB 17.814	Mameluke (GSB)	c1885 chestnut stallion

Cobb

Number of Foundation Horses: 1

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
AHA 037774	Furtha Dhelall*	1960 grey stallion

Crane

Number of Foundation Horses: 1

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
AHA 001550	Mohalhil*	1922 grey stallion

Davenport

Number of Foundation Horses: 20

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
AHA 000111	Abbeian*	1889 grey stallion
AHA 000039	Abeyah*	1896 bay mare
AHA 000032	Azra*	1903 grey stallion
AHA 000033	Deyr*	1904 chestnut stallion
AHA 000029	El Bulad*	1903 grey stallion
AHA 000036	Euphrates*	1905 chestnut stallion
AHA 000042	Farha*	1900 grey mare
AHA 000031	Gomusa*	1904 bay stallion
AHA 000043	Hadba*	1900 bay mare
AHA 000045	Haffia*	1906 chestnut mare
AHA 000025	Haleb*	1901 brown stallion
AHA 000028	Hamrah*	1904 bay stallion
AHA 000026	Houran*	1904 bay stallion
AHA 000044	Jedah*	1902 brown mare
AHA 000035	Kusof*	1904 bay stallion
AHA 000027	Muson*	1899 grey stallion
AHA 000038	Reshan*	1896 grey mare
AHA 000040	Urfah*	1898 bay mare
AHA 000030	Wadduda*	1899 chestnut mare
AHA 000041	Werdi*	1901 chestnut mare

Dwarka

Number of Foundation Horses: 1

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
GSB 25.994	Dwarka (GSB)	1892 bay stallion

Egypt I

Number of Foundation Horses: 32

From Viceroy Abbas I

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
Upton 1980.96	Ghazieh (AP)	c1850 grey mare
Sherif/Forbis 1993.217–275	Hajlah (AP)	c1840s bay mare
RAS 1.12a pedigree	Harka (AP)	c1845 mare
Upton 1980.8, Blunt pedigree	Jellabiet Feysul (AP)	c1840s grey mare
Kamal al-Din ped-*Bint Serra I	Samha (AP)	c1850 mare
Kamal al-Din ped-*Bint Serra I	Samhan (AP)	c1840s stallion
RAS 1.12a pedigree	Selma (AP)	c1850s mare
Kamal al-Din ped-*Bint Serra I	Shalfa (AP)	c1850s grey mare
Kamal al-Din ped-*Bint Serra I	Shueyma (AP)	c1850s mare
Kamal al-Din ped-*Bint Serra I	Sueyd (AP)	c1850s grey stallion
Sherif/Forbis 1993.249-252	Talqah (AP)	c1840s grey mare
Kamal al-Din ped-*Bint Serra I	Zobeyni (AP)	c1840s grey stallion

From Ali Pasha Sherif

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
RAS 1.33	El Dahma (APS)	c1880 mare
Manial ped-*Nasr	Farida Dabbani (APS)	c1880 grey mare
Kamal al-Din ped-*Bint Serra I	Gharran (APS)	c1850 stallion
Archer 1978.100 Blunt pedigree	Mahroussa (APS)	c1860 grey mare
RAS 1.98, 12a pedigree	Nader El Kebir (APS)	c1870s stallion
Upton 1980.8 Blunt pedigree	Nura El Kebira (APS)	c1850s grey mare
RAS 1.12a pedigree	Roga El Beda (APS)	c1882 grey mare
RAS-ped-*Bint Bint Durra	Sabha El Zarka (APS)	c1882 grey mare
RAS 1.12a pedigree	Saklawi I (APS)	c1880s grey stallion
Pearson.142-3 Blunt pedigree	Yemama (APS)	1885 bay mare

From Ahmed Bey Sennari

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
RAS 1.85	Koheilan El Mossen (KDV)	c1880 grey stallion

From Khedive (later Viceroy) Abbas IIi

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
RAS 1.102	Bint El Bahreyn (KDV)	1898 bay mare
RAS 1.12a pedigree	Halabia (KDV)	c1890 mare
RAS 1.33, 88, 12a pedigree	Muniet El Nefous (KDV)	c1875 bay mare
RAS 1.63	Venus (KDV)	c1890 chestnut mare

From Prince Ahmad Pasha Kemal

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
Manial Herdbook	Donia (APK)	c1900 bay mare
RAS 1.12a pedigree	Freiha Al Hamra (APK)	c1880 bay mare
RAS 1.12a pedigree	Jamil El Kebir (APK)	c1870 chestnut stallion
RAS 1.55	Maanagia Hadragia (APK)	c1880 bay mare
RAS 1.12a pedigree	Obeyan (APK)	c1880s stallion
RAS 1.41	Rabda (APK)	c1880s mare

Egypt II

Number of Foundation Horses: 7

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
RAS-ExDoc-*Exochorda	Aiglon (RAS)	c1915 stallion
RAS 1.43	Badaouia (RAS)	c1920 mare
RAS-ped-*Bint Bint Durra	Eid (RAS)	c1920 stallion
RAS 1.44	El Nasser (RAS)	1938 grey stallion
RAS-ExDoc-*Exochorda	Leila (RAS)	c1915 mare
RAS 1.29	Mashaan (RAS)	c1925 bay stallion
RAS 1.29	Nabras (RAS)	1921 grey stallion

Europa-Babolna

Number of Foundation Horses: 35

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
von Wrangel	Abdul Aziz (BAB)	1863 grey stallion
von Wrangel	60 Adjuze (BAB)	1876 grey mare
von Wrangel	Aghil Aga (BAB)	1850 brown stallion
von Wrangel.249	Anaze (BAB)	1819 chestnut stallion
von Wrangel.252	Asslan (BAB)	1836 chestnut stallion
von Wrangel.251	Dahaby (BAB)	1826 golden brown stallion
Kwiatkowski	96 Dahama (BAB)	1853 grey mare
Haddad	212 Delilah (BAB)	1893 bay mare
Kwiatkowski	El Delemi (BAB)	1848 grey stallion
Kwiatkowski	186 Fatme (BAB)	1899 chestnut mare
Kwiatkowski	139 Gazale (BAB)	1846 chestnut or bay mare
Kwiatkowski	2 Gazale Scheria (BAB)	1857 chestnut mare
von Wrangel.249	Gidran (BAB)	1811 chestnut stallion
von Wrangel	87 Glule (BAB)	1852 grey mare
Kwiatkowski	Hadban (BAB)	1891 grey stallion
Kwiatkowski	Hamad (BAB)	1854 grey stallion
PASB 1	Hamdani Semri (BAB)	1890 stallion
Kwiatkowski	Kismet (BAB) from Yusuf Pasha Kamal	1906 chestnut stallion
Kwiatkowski	81 Koheila (BAB)	1881 grey mare
von Wrangel	Koheilan Adjuze (BAB)	1876 stallion
Haddad	Koheilan Raschid (BAB)	1897 bay stallion
von Wrangel.252	Koreischan (BAB)	1837 chestnut stallion
Raswan #5415	Kuhaylan Zaid (BAB)	c1925 bay stallion
von Wrangel.257, 281	Mahmoud Mirza (BAB)	1851 dark brown stallion
Haddad	Mersuch (BAB)	1898 grey stallion
Kwiatkowski	39 Nedjmee (BAB)	1849 grey mare
Antunovics	O'Bajan (BAB)	1880 black stallion
Kwiatkowski	52 Obajan Siglavy (BAB)	1845 grey mare
Haddad	Schechan Shammar (BAB)	1896 bay or chestnut stallion
Haddad	214 Scherife (BAB)	c1895 grey mare
Kwiatkowski	143 Schmed (BAB)	1850 bay mare
Kwiatkowski	216 Semrie (BAB)	1895 grey mare
Brabanetz.106, 113	Siglavi (BAB)	1810 grey stallion
Antunovics	Siglavy Bagdady (BAB)	1895 grey stallion
von Wrangel, Hecker.31	74 Tifle (BAB)	1819 black chestnut mare

Europa-Lipizza

Number of Foundation Horses: 3

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
Antunovics	Gazlan (LPZ)	1840 grey stallion
von Wrangel	Gidrane (LPZ)	c1840 chestnut mare
Raswan #10250	Tadmor (LPZ) from Abbas Pasha?	1836 grey stallion

Europa-Poland

Number of Foundation Horses: 3

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
Kwiatkowski	Bagdad (POL)	1837 grey stallion
Kwiatkowski	Gazella (POL)	c1840 grey mare
Raswan #5407	Kuhailan Haifi (POL)	1923 bay stallion

Europa-Weil

Number of Foundation Horses: 21

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
Weil 1908.89	Bairactar (WL)	1813 grey stallion
Weil 1908.89	Bournu (WL)	1812 grey stallion
Weil 1908.89	Chaban (WL)	c1820s grey stallion
Weil 1908.90	Cham (WL)	1835 chestnut stallion
Weil 1908.165	Czebessie II (WL)	1814 black mare
Weil 1908.90	Djerid (WL)	1871 grey stallion
Weil 1908.90	Dzelaby (WL)	1836 grey stallion
Weil 1908.163	Elkanda I (WL)	1818 mare
Weil 1908.90	Gadir (WL) from Abbas Pasha	1847 grey stallion
Weil 1908 mare charts	Geyran I (WL)	1811 light brown mare
Weil 1908 mare charts	Hamdany (WL)	1816 grey mare
Weil 1908 mare charts	Hassfoura (WL)	1811 grey mare
Weil 1908 mare charts	Kabron I (WL)	1813 black mare
Weil 1908 mare charts	Koheil Aguse (WL) from Abbas Pasha	1840 grey mare
Weil 1908 mare charts	Murana I (WL)	1808 grey mare
Weil 1908 stallion register	Padischah (WL)	1826 grey stallion
Weil 1908 mare charts	Safra I (WL)	1823 grey mare
Weil 1908 mare charts	Saida II (WL) from Abbas Pasha	1852 mare
Weil 1908 family tables	Smyrna (WL)	1890 chestnut mare
Weil 1908.90	Souakim (WL)	1894 chestnut stallion
Weil 1908 stallion register	Zarif (WL)	1837 grey stallion

Hamidie

Number of Foundation Horses: 5

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
AHA 000255	Galfia*	1887 chestnut mare
AHA 000294	Mannaky*	1888 chestnut stallion
AHA 000001	Nejdme*	1880s grey mare
AHA 000002	Obeyran*	1880s grey stallion
AHA 000321	Pride*	pre-1894 chestnut mare

Hearst

Number of Foundation Horses: 1

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
AHA 004208	Layya*	1943 grey mare

Huntington

Number of Foundation Horses: 5

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
GSB 13.571	Haidee (GSB)	1869 chestnut mare
AHA 000253	Kismet*	1877 chestnut stallion
AHA 000233	Leopard*	1873 grey stallion
GSB 16.657	Maidan (GSB)	1869 chestnut stallion
GSB 13.570	Yataghan (GSB)	1867 chestnut stallion

Inshass

Number of Foundation Horses: 9

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
IOHB #83	Badria (INS)	1941 mare
IOHB #80	Besheir el Ashkar (INS)	1935 stallion
RAS 1.29	El Deree (INS)	c1920 grey stallion
IOHB #9	El Kahila (INS) from Sa'ud	1921 bay mare
IOHB #13	El Samraa (INS)	1924 grey mare
IOHB #12	El Shahbaa (INS)	1925 grey mare
IOHB #51	Hind (INS) from Sa'ud	1942 grey mare
IOHB #64	Mabrouka (INS) from Sa'ud	1930 bay mare
IOHB #57	Nafaa (INS) from Sa'ud	1941 roan mare

Jalawi

Number of Foundation Horses: 3

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
AHA file – Muhaira*	Hamdani (ARA)	c1938 grey stallion
AHA 036944	Jalam Al Ubayan*	1949 chestnut stallion
AHA 005947	Mahraa*	1943 bay mare

Khalifa

Number of Foundation Horses: 2

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
IHR 1954-0003	Sawannah*	1948 chestnut mare
AHA 547139	Mlolshaan Hager Solomon	1986 grey stallion

Mirage

Number of Foundation Horses: 1

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
AHA 000790	Mirage*	1919 grey stallion

Nejdran

Number of Foundation Horses: 1

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
AHA 000048	Nejdran*	1896 chestnut stallion

Richards

Number of Foundation Horses: 2

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
AHA file- *Jamalah El Jedrani	Bedowia El Hamdani (ARA)	1946 grey mare
AHA file- *Jamalah El Jedrani	Walid El Seglawi (ARA)	1945 grey stallion

Sa'ud

Number of Foundation Horses: 16

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
AHA 004525	Al Hamdaniah*	1940 grey mare
AHA 027762	Al Obayyah*	1957 grey mare
AHA 018028	Amiraa*	1959 grey mare
AHA 018027	Halwaaji*	1954 chestnut mare
AHA 000876	La Tisa*	1929 grey mare
AHA000877	Mahsuda*	1929 grey mare
AHA 004231	Munifan*	1940 chestnut stallion
AHA 004232	Munifeh*	1941 bay mare
AHA 000854	Nufoud*	1925 "red" mare
AHA 018025	Rudann*	1951 chestnut mare
AHA 000851	Samirah*	1925 grey mare
AHA 110011	Sindidah*	1954 grey mare
AHA 000943	Sunshine*	1932 chestnut stallion
AHA 018026	Taamri*	1948 chestnut stallion
AHA 000852	Tairah*	1927 "red" mare
AHA 002133	Turfa*	1933 grey mare

Ta'an

Number of Foundation Horses: 1

Registration Reference	Name	Birth \| Color \| Sex
IHR 1988-0064	Ta'an*	1988 grey stallion

Foundation Horses

From Viceroy Abbas I

From Ali Pasha Sherif

From Ahmed Bey Sennari

From Khedive (later Viceroy) Abbas IIi

From Prince Ahmad Pasha Kemal

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