Straight Egyptian Hadban Enzahi Arabian Horses

	The History of the Hadban By Ali Bey from the Abbas Pasha Manuscript Reprinted here with the kind generosity of the author, Judith Forbis. The Strain of Hadban Enzahi Aly Bey Shamashirgi learned the following about the Hadban Enzahi strain: "Shabat Al Mani' of Al Suwayt, and he is advanced in age and Ali Mani, the son of the brother of Shabat, attended the gathering and were questioned in the presence of Sultan ibn-Suwayt and a large number of people. "Tell us about their origin and what was their strain, and from where they came." The above-mentioned replied that Mani' was at the time of Beni Lam, who is from our grandfathers. And we don't know how she passed to Mani'. But we have heard and know from our old people that there is no Hadbah but the horses of Mani'. And she is Kuhaylan om-Maarif. And the reason for calling her Hadbah at Mani' was because he had a mare with a profusely long mane which covred her forehand completely [hadbah salifa]. And for that reason she was called Hadbah. And she passed from Mani' to Nazhi from Al Fudul the day they forced them at the hillside of Massel. "And she was blessed at Al Nazhi and she became Hadbah Nazhi from Al Nazhi. And from Al Nazhi her blood spread through the tribes." The Hadbah al-Nazhi, or as it is now written, Hadbah Enzahi descend in Egypt from the root mare Venus "Shekra Zafra" (she was also known by other names), who was bred by the Shammar tribe and imported into Egypt by Hassan abu-Amin's Agha in 1895. Her daughter Hadba produced the two mares Bint Hadba El Saghira and Gamila, from which are descended two families or branches of the strain. From the former came the outstanding broodmare Samiha (by Samhan) which produced Bint Samiha by Kazmmen. Bint Samiha bred to Mansour gave Nazeer, the stallion that udoubtedly has had more influence on the Egyptian line within the past thirty years than any other single individual.

Straight Egyptian Hadban Enzahi Arabian Horses

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