Zee Ranch Bint Masarra

Straight Egyptian Hadban Enzahi Arabian Horses

September 2003 Photo by Diana Johnson

The Queen of Hearts

Every once in a while there is an unexpected, happy accident. Such is the case with the creation of Bint Masarra. Rick and Ann Heber imported the immortal *Tuhotmos and several of his daughters.
One of the daughters was *Masarra the Sheykh Obeyd Hadba Enzahi mare out of Bint El Nil, owned by the Lowe family.

While *Masarra was out in the pasture happily grazing with her friends, *Tuhotmos was outside getting some exercise. He noticed the mares in the pasture and decided to pay them a visit. *Tuhotmos jumped over his fence and into the pasture with the mares. *Masarra was in season and as nature will, a mating took place. The resulting foal was to be the inbred Bint Masarra.

Now, I don't know if this is really the way it happened or if this is just a legend but I am sure glad the mating took place. Bint Masarra has lived a long and productive life. Most of her foals have been wonderful, a few have been extraordinary.

*Tuhotmos and *Masarra

Bint Masarra's pedigree is an interesting study. Her sire, *Tuhotmos is the result of breeding Egypt's priceless jewel Moniet El Nefous to her half brother, El Sareei, who was considered by many to be Egypt's most beautiful stallion. El Sareei and Moniet El Nefous were sired by magnificent Shahloul. So with *Tuhotmos, we start out with a horse that is inbred, with 50% of his pedigree being Shahloul...

When bred to the Anter daughter Bint El Nil, *Tuhotmos sired one of the finest mares ever to come to the United States. That mare was *Masarra who would be the dam of many fine Egyptian Arabian horses but only one was Sheykh Obeyd, the filly born on the wrong side of the fence...Bint Masarra

Bint Masarra was sired by *Tuhotmos, out of a *Tuhotmos daughter, making her 75% *Tuhotmos! 37.5% Moniet El Nefous, 37.5% Shahloul, 37.5% El Sareei. Within Sheykh Obeyd breeding the sire line to Ibn Rabdan through El Sareei is rare.

This is inbreeding in the closest sense.

	The inbred Shahloul son *Tuhotmos bred to his own daughter created one of the most intense and closely bred mares in the history of Sheykh Obeyd breeding. While breeding this tightly could have created a genetic nightmare, in Bint Masarra it created a breeding mare supreme. One needs only to see her foals by the different stallions from which she was bred to see the power in this little chestnut mare.


Bint Masarra is the dam of 12 foals, five were Straight Egyptian but not Sheykh Obeyd. The first Sheykh Obeyd foal for Bint Masarra was born in 1984, sired by Ansata El Sherif. AK Shesarra is a grey mare of extreme quality. Ansata El Sherif brings the beautiful Bukra into the pedigree adding the shorter Dahman type head. She stands 15 hands high and is the dam of 6 Registered fillies and one colt. All her foals have been Sheykh Obeyd. Bint Masarra and AK Shesarra were saved from obscurity and went on to be the matriarchs of Sheykh Obeyd Hadban Enzahi breeding. The second foal for Bint Masarra is Shallimar Bedu sired by Raadin Inshalla, born in 1989. All Shallimar's foals are Sheykh Obeyd. The third and final daughter born to Bint Masarra is the bay beauty Shahzada. Born in 1990, sired by Ibn Lothar. It is my opinion that Shahrzada is the finest foal ever born to either of her parents.
	AK Shesarra 1984 Grey Mare Ansata El Sherif (Ansata El Sherif x Ansata Bint Bukra)

Shallimar Bedu 1989 Grey Mare Raadin Inshalla (*Ansata Ibn Halima x Allah Ateyah)

Shahrzada
1990 Bay Mare
Ibn Lothar
(Lothar x Shar Sabbah

After 1990, Bint Masarra did not produce another filly, she produced four colts. Tuhotmos Halim, who was gelded, Ibn Rabdan USA, Hadban El Sareei and WK Halim El Hadban.
Hadban El Sareei 1993 Bay Stallion Inshalla Imotep (Raadin Inshalla x Shar Sabbah)


	WK Halim El Hadban 1998 Bay Stallion Apple Hill El Nisr (Ansata El Nisr X RSI Sara)


Ibn Rabdan USA 1996 Bay Stallion Ibn Lothar (Lothar x Shar Sabbah)

We are very proud to have Bint Masarra in our life. She brings so much joy to our lives that I can not express the feeling she leaves us with every time we look at her. She is bossy and demanding, loving and affectionate, all these traits are well deserved. She is a supreme broodmare, the grandam of Zee Ranch, our matriarch.
What Bint Masarra wants Bint Masarra gets!

Straight Egyptian Hadban Enzahi Arabian Horses