Over the years breeders around the world have used the Hadban Enzahi as a breeding horse. In Egypt at the R.A.S they used Nabras, Ibn Rabdan, Mashhour and Baiyyad, the E.A.O. heavily used Nazeer, then Hafid Anter , Germany had Hadban Enzahi, Russia imported Aswan, in the USA we had *SF Ibn Nazeer, *El Akhrani and *Serenity Abu Simbel. Breeders have often wondered why the Hadban Enzahi produced as it did, even puzzled by them. Some call it a blending strain, meaning that it blends well with other strains while not having a particular prepotency for any one trait. Others say it is a diverse gene pool and still others say as it is not prepotent it is not a good breeding horse. Yet, some of the greatest sires of Egypt were of the Hadban strain.

Nazeer is famous throughout the world for siring a string of beautiful horses. He was a successful racehorse and was one of the great breeding stallions of his time. Ibn Radban was said by Raswan to be "A world champion type", often described as commanding and elegant. He sired his share of beauties as well, referred to by Judith Forbis as the "Fabulous Four", Shahloul, Hamdan, Radwan and Samira all out of the mare Bint Radia.

The impact that Aswan had on Russian breeding is legendary. Hadban Enzahi was a tremendous sire for Germany and his daughters were sought after broodmares for many years. But for some reason, the Hadban stallions that came to the USA were not appreciated as those in other countries.

It would seem that the Hadban Enzahi tends to take on the genetic traits of what ever it is bred with. Look at the photos here of three famous USA imported Nazeer sons. While they are all beautiful stallions, they are very different from each other, representing the strain of their dam. Yet, you see the classic look of each that could only come from Nazeer.

*Ansata Ibn Halima (Dahman)		*Talal (Saklawi)		*Rashad Ibn Nazeer (Kuhaylan)

Here are three more photos of Nazeer sons.

Aswan (Hadban Enzahi)		Alaa El Din (Kuhaylan)		Hadban Enzahi (Hadban Enzahi)

Each photo is a representative of its dam line. Looking at *Ansata Ibn Halima you see the beautiful compact Dahman, with *Talal you see the stretchy longer lines of the Saklawi, *Rashad Ibn Nazeer shows the bolder Kuhaylan traits. Alaa El Din also shows the bolder more masculine traits of the Kuhaylan. The photos of Aswan and Hadban Enzahi show us what the Hadban Enzahi should look like as they are both Pure-in-Strain Hadban Enzahi stallions. The differences are slight and subtle but they are there, the slightly shorter back or the arch of the neck and the length of the poll. The set of the front legs or the reach of the hind, the neck is set at a different angle on each strain or the difference in the length and angle of the hip.

Here are three of the Fabulous Four, sired by Ibn Rabdan!

Shahloul	Hamdan	Samira

Three more photos of Ibn Rabdan Offspring