Where have all the Hadbans Gone?

A History - Kimberli Nelson, 2001

Page Three

The only other daughter of Anchor Hill Hamla
to be preserved within Sheykh Obeyd is
Glorieta Rabdania.
(Ansata Abu Nazeer x Anchor Hill Hamla)

Glorieta Rabdania is a very pretty chestnut mare foaled in 1980. She is very different in type from her sister Dalima. She was bred to the Anter son * Serag and gave birth to the beautiful chestnut stallion, Ben Ben Anter as well as the chestnut stallion Raheeb. Rabdania was bred to Masada El Shahwan for one son, the beautiful bay stallion Willowoods Nazeer. Not to be denied the opportunity to remain in the already very limited gene pool of Hadban Enzahi's Rabdaina presented her owner with two daughters sired by the beautiful black stallion Serhalim BWA. Both fillies are chestnut but it is my guess that they will produce the illusive black color.



Willowood Nazeer
(Masada El Shahwan)		 Glorys Zaafir
(Serhalim BWA)		 Hamla BWA
(Serhalim BWA)


Glorieta Tala, sired by *Talal and born in 1974, like many of her ancestors would produce only one Sheykh Obeyd daughter, AK Rabiya. Late in life Glorieta Tala went to a Sheykh Obeyd breeding home with the hope of producing one more Sheykh Obeyd foal. In 1993, she gave birth to a colt, REA Hadban Talal who was gelded. A valiant effort, but it came too late in her life to allow her to continue producing any more Sheykh Obeyd foals.

The legacy of Glorieta Tala is left to her one and only Sheykh Obeyd daughter born 10 years earlier, AK Rabiya who is sired by the incomparable Ansata El Sherif. She is a very beautiful and elegant mare. When Rabiya was 12 years old she went to Walter Schimanski and was bred to Fay El Hadidi for a filly and then to FA Asar for 3 more fillies. Sadly, one filly very recently died before ever starting her career as a broodmare. Two of the fillies are owned by someone who may not continue their Sheykh Obeyd breeding and may very well be lost to our efforts. This leaves only one filly to carry on.

AK Rabyia and her youngest daughter are in a Sheykh Obeyd breeding program and hopefully will continue this rare and valuable line as it is one of only a very few connections Sheykh Obeyd breeders have with *Talal.
Lang Photo
AK Rabiya
(Ansata El Sherif x Glorieta Tala)


Glorieta Gambolia was Hamlas' only foal sired by Char Echo. The dam of two Sheykh Obeyd foals both sired by *Ansata Ibn Halima and his son, Ansata Abu Nazeer.



Glorieta Gambolia
(Char Echo x Anchor Hill Hamla)


Glorieta Gazaal
Glorieta Angelima
(Ansata Abu Nazeer x Glorieta Gambolia)
(*Ansata Ibn Halima x Glorieta Gambolia)

For many years after the formation of The Sheykh Obeyd Foundation, Glorieta Gazaal was the only stallion available of the treasured Hadban Enzahi Strain. Glorieta Angelima was a beautiful Filly. She was not replaced within Sheykh Obeyd.

The legacy of *Mamdouha and her daughter *Gamila continues today. The dedicated breeders within Sheykh Obeyd understand the importance of the continuance of the Hadban Enzahi and they are not willing to give up on this rare and endangered line, with only 18 living animals there is a very good chance that this precious and treasured connection will be available to all breeders in the future.

The Bint Samiha son Nazeer is possibly the most famous horse in history.

Van Vleet Photos
Nazeer was born in 1934 by Mansour and out of Bint Samiha, Nazeer began life as a chestnut with a star on his forehead and the name of Noseir, which translates to "That which attracts the eye".

Nazeer's conformation with clean legs, deep chest and powerful hindquarters caught the eye of race trainer in 1937.  Over the next four years, Nazeer was campaigned on the tracks of Egypt, finishing with a record of 20(4-6-1-4). (20 races where he finished 1st four times, 2nd six times, 3rd once and 4th four times). He retired sound from racing at the age of seven and returned to Kafr Farouk, ready to be used as a breeding stallion. He was sent to a stallion depot where he was used on the local mares. He would remain in obscurity until he was 15 years old when he was taken back to the EAO, where he had 57 sons and 43 daughters. Nazeer line-breeding was carried on to such an extent that very few straight Egyptian Arabians today can be found that do not carry at least one line to Nazeer.

The Nazeer sire line is the largest line available in both Straight Egyptian and Sheykh Obeyd breeding with over 5000 stallions being born in the last 20 years. Nazeer get have been exported all over the world.Nazeer was close to 26 years of age when he died and left behind a legacy that few stallions can ever hope to achieve.

The other Bint Samiha daughter, Shams was born in 1938, a bay like her sire Maashan, a desert bred stallion. Shams produced 4 foals and three were Sheykh Obeyd. The bay stallion IssamII sired by Shahloul was foaled in 1943, he has no recorded offspring and it is unknown what became of him. The second Sheykh Obeyd foal for Shams, was the grey mare Maysouna sired by Kheir born in 1948 and born in 1955, was the beautiful bay mare, Sherifa sired by Gassir. The last Shams daughter, Bint Shams by El Sareei, Born in 1956 was imported by Gleanloch Farms in 1970.


Maysouna
(Kheir x Shams)

Maysouna was an extremely beautiful and refined mare with tremendous classic type, which she passed of to her daughters. Maysouna had only one Sheykh Obeyd daughter, Bint Maysouna, who would come to the US as *Ansata Bint Misuna.
EAO Photo



*Ansata Bint Misuna 1957
(Nazeer x Maysouna)

Imported by Ansata Arabian Stud. Dam of Naama in Egypt and Ansata Selene, her only Sheykh Obeyd foals. *Ansata Bint Misuna was a most beautiful mare.
She Was Simply Exquisite! Forbis Photo



Naama
(Anter x Bint Maysouna)

Naama was the dam of nine foals, two colts were Sheykh Obeyd, Madian and Naga both sired by *Tuhotmos. Madian has four Straight Egyptian sons that are pure in strain Hadban Enzahi, however, they were not Sheykh Obeyd.
Naama had no Sheykh Obeyd daughters.



There are no female descendants of Maysouna within Sheykh Obeyd breeding today.

Sherifa (Gassir x Shams)

The second daughter of Shams is the beautiful Sherifa. Sherifa was the dam of Lamloum, 1963 brown stallion by Alaa El Din, Basima, 1964 bay mare by Alaa El Din and Kasid Kheir, 1965 chestnut stallion also by Alaa El Din. Photos show her as a very nice mare with beautiful conformation. Sherifa's sons were not used at stud, however her daughter Basima was a fabulous mare.



Basima (Alaa El Din x Sherifa)

Basima 1964 Bay Mare, was an outstanding producer. All but two of her foals were Sheykh Obeyd. She was the dam of five Sheykh Obeyd mares and five Sheykh Obeyd stallions. Truly an outstanding record and impossible to beat. Four of her foals were exported to the US. Her son Hafeed Anter was a top sire at the EAO and others went to private breeders to make their contribution.

Basima was the dam of ten Sheykh Obeyd foals: Souhad, 1970 Bay mare by *Tuhotmos, *Bassama 1971 Chestnut mare by Anter, *Saleema 1972 Chestnut mare by Anter, Hafeed Anter 1975 Bay Stallion by Wahag, Wanees, 1976 Chestnut stallion by Wahag,, Ibn Bassima 1976 Grey stallion by Ibn Shahrzada, Nagham 1978 Chestnut Mare by Ibn Shahrzada, Ibn Basima (Naseeb) 1979 Grey Stallion by Wahag, *Bassami 1983 Chestnut Stallion by Ibn Shahrzada, *Ashwak 1984 Chestnut Mare by Ibn Shahrzada.

This group of foals is very impressive, showing the outstanding qualities of the Hadban Enzahi strain. They were successful Show horses and were excellent producers, highly desired by breeders all over the world.

Shoud, 1970 Bay mare was retained by the EAO. She had two foals, neither Sheykh Obeyd. *Bassama 1971 Chestnut mare by Anter, was exported to Germany, where she was the dam of 14 foals, none were Sheykh Obeyd. Wanees, 1976 Chestnut stallion by Wahag, stayed in Egypt with a private breeder. He sired three foals, however none were Sheykh Obeyd. Ibn Bassima 1976 Grey stallion by Ibn Shahrzada sired no foals. Nagham 1978 Chestnut Mare by Ibn Shahrzada had one Sheykh Obeyd daughter, Nehmedoh, however she had no Sheykh Obeyd foals.

*Saleema
(Anter x Basima)
Ford Photo

*Saleema 1972 Chestnut mare by Anter was imported to the US by Donald Ford. She was a very successful show horse winning her Legion of Merit and produced six excellent foals however none were Sheykh Obeyd, that could have continued this absolutely beautiful and athletic family.



Hafeed Anter
(Waheag x Basima)
EAO Photo

Hafeed Anter 1975 Bay Stallion by Wahag, was a beautiful stallion retained for breeding by the EAO. He was very successful on the racetrack and sired some very beautiful and athletic foals. He is the sire of 95 foals, however non were Sheykh Obeyd Hadban Enzahi tail female.


Ibn Basima
 (Wahag x Basima)

Ibn Basima (Naseeb) 1979 Grey Stallion by Wahag, sire of 11 foals, none were Sheykh Obeyd.



*Ashwak
(Ibn Shahrzada x Basima)
 Cherry Hill Photo

*Ashwak 1984 Chestnut Mare by Ibn Shahrzada, was imported to Canada by Cherry Hill Arabians where she lives today. She is a Pure-in-Strain Hadbah Enzahi, 1984 chestnut. She had one Sheykh Obeyd son that was gelded and is not in a Sheykh Obeyd breeding program. There is still hope that *Ashwak could be bred for a replacement filly.


*Bassama 1971 Chestnut mare was exported to Germany, where she was the dam of 14 foals, none were Sheykh Obeyd. However, this family is well known around the world for its fine quality and athletic horses. All *Bassamas' foals were Straight Egyptian and are available for breeders today.

Guttmann Photo
*Bassama 1971
(Anter x Basima)


*Bassami 1983 Chestnut Stallion by Ibn Shahrzada, was imported to the US and promptly gelded. He was the only Sheykh Obeyd Pure-in-Strain Hadban Enzahi stallion ever imported. I hesitate to think of the impact he could have had on Egyptian breeding. He was a full brother to *Ashwak.

In 2002 There are no females of the Basima line in Sheykh Obeyd production.

Gleanloch Photo
*Bint Shaams
(El Sareei x Shams)

Heck Photo
*Serenity Abu Simbel
(Ibn Maisa x *Bint Shaams)

The last daughter of Shams is *Bint Shaams a grey by El Sareei, Born in 1956, imported by Gleanloch Farms in 1970. She was the dam of six foals but only one *SerenityAbuSimbel, born in Egypt, was Sheykh Obeyd. He sired 21 foals but none where Sheykh Obeyd. There are no Sheykh Obeyd females left today descending from *Bint Shaams.


The Samiha branch of the Bint Hadba El Saghira family appears to be quit large, with almost 70 horses born after 1918, today there are only AK Rabiya, Glorieta Rabdania and Glorieta Dalima being bred for Sheykh Obeyd replacements. It is a shame to have lost all the wonderful horses to this preservation effort.

I hope I was able to show how one mare could create a dynasty and within a few short years lose that dynasty. Without the preservation of the Sheykh Obeyd Hadban Enzahi horses we lose a valuable part of the Egyptian Arabian Horse, without the Sheykh Obeyd Arabian horses, we would not have the Egyptian Arabians we have today !