*Bint Moniet El Nefous

*Bint Moniet el Nefous was the only living daughter of Moniet el Nefous, sired by the great Nazeer. The late Dr. Ibrahim Zaghloul, the Director General of the EAO from 1967 to 1984, once said of *Bint Moniet el Nefous, “She was, without a doubt, the most like her dam of all of Moniet’s daughters.” By the year 1958, Moniet el Nefous had foaled three of her four Nazeer-sired progeny: Ibn el Sheikh in 1955, *Bint Moniet el Nefous in 1957 and Maya in 1958. The fourth foal, a chestnut stallion named *Fakher el Din would be born in 1960. Given the celebrity-style status of her dam and that *Bint Moniet el Nefous, of all of the Moniet el Nefous progeny, was the one most like her; it was surprising that the EAO would sell an up-and-coming yearling mare but tough financial times have a way of rearranging priorities and forcing all of us to do things that we never expected or wanted to do. Philippe Paraskevas, a respected straight Egyptian breeder and author, wrote of *Bint Moniet el Nefous in his book, The Egyptian Alternative, Volume II, “Inside the Moniet family, there are many sub-branches available through the E.A.O. and it is only fair to say that the most instantly appealing of all branches was the one headed by a mare bred by Nazeer out of Moniet El Nifous herself, the pairing of King and Queen; this mare was sold abroad and lost to Egypt. That particular loss was of indescribable proportions and I simply cannot bring myself to say anything about it.” When you read a statement like this, written by a man whose knowledge, experience and understanding of the breed is expansive, it immediately catches your attention, as he explains what this particular mare meant for the EAO breeding program in her time, as well as the influential role she would have had within the present day’s gene pool, had she remained in Egypt. On a more personal note, he legitimizes the reverence that I feel for *Bint Moniet el Nefous, who must have really been outstanding, to inspire such passion in other human beings. There are many words that I can continue to use in order to capture her beauty for you but seriously, any words will fall short of fully describing *Bint Moniet el Nefous’ beauty. In a tribute article, written shortly after her death, Marshall Partlow came very close, offering a “taste” of her complete beauty when he wrote, “Her correctness, type, beauty, graceful action, elegance, loving disposition and extreme head, endeared her to all who saw her.” *Bint Moniet el Nefous was like a celebration, physically, of all the characteristics we expect to see in an authentic, traditional Nejd-type Arabian mare. 

*Bint Moniet was as beautiful as her mother but conformationally stronger in her body.*Bint Moniet was the result of the famous bloodline blend of Mansour and Ibn Rabdan (Nazeer was a Mansour son, while Moniet El Nefous was a daughter of Shaloul, an Ibn Rabdan son). So, the opportunity existed to have bred *Bint Moniet back to a Babson stallion, reinforcing the Ibn Rabdan ("world champion type") blood (remember that both *Fadl and *Maaroufa had Ibn Rabdan as their sire). What a giant-sized "what if"! If my memory serves me correctly, I think that Bint was foaled in 1957, as she was a yearling in one of the pictures that I saw of her (taken in 1958). She had 13 foals in her breeding career, her first two foals were a filly foal by John Doyle named Tatu (and a majority of people agree that this mare was her most beautiful) and a colt foal by the Rabanna son: Tibor the General named Sir White Moon, a filly foal by Umi named Muniet Nefous and 10 foals by by *Rashad Ibn Nazeer (Alcibiades, Bimoniet RSI, Bint Bint Moniet, Dymoniet RSI, Monietor-RSI, Monieta RSI, Sonieta, Monisa RSI, Rasmoniet RSI, RSI Rara/Raya Del Sol). 

 *BINT MONIET EL NEFOUS STRAIGHT EGYPTIAN DYNASTY----DAUGHTER-TO-DAUGHTER

1964 MARE: RSI RARA DEL SOL

• 71: Rodoniet (Umi) 
• 73: RA Leila (Bel Gordas) 
• 81: Myrna (The Egyptian Prince) 
• 82: AK Raiyeh (The Egyptian Prince) 

1967 MARE: MONIETA RSI

• 81: Monietsmelody RSI (Raj RSI) 

1969 MARE: MONISA RSI

• 73: AK Monisa Moniet (*Ibn Moniet El Nefous) 
• 76: Bint Monisa (*Ibn Moniet El Nefous)
• 78: AK Abriel II (*Ibn Moniet El Nefous) 
• 79: AK Radia (*Ibn Moniet El Nefous) 
• 80: AK Khaasataanah (*Ibn Moniet El Nefous) 

1970 MARE: MUNIET NEFOUS RSI

• 76: Fatiha (*Ibn Moniet El Nefous) 
• 83: AK Munifeh (AK Shah Moniet) 

1972 MARE: BINT BINT MONIET

• 80: AK Bint Moniet (*Ibn Moniet El Nefous) 

AK Ghazala (*Ibn Moniet El Nefous)

• 81: AK Esmaaha Moniet (*Ibn Moniet El Nefous) 
• 84: AK Tashrifa (The Egyptian Prince)] 
• 85: AK Bint Sahara (Shaikh Al Badi) 

1973 MARE: SONIETA

• 79: Alsonia (Almoniet RSI) 

Moniet El Nefous has been a celebrated mare, in most everything written about her, the reader is always left with a favorable impression of the mare. She was beautiful, however, conformationally, she had some flaws. That is why I love her daughter, *Bint Moniet El Nefous so much and why I say that Moniet produced a daughter who was superior unto herself. *Bint Moniet retained the awesome beauty of her dam, while embodying superior conformation. The year prior to his famous purchase of Rashad and Bint, Richard Pritzlaff attempted to buy a full brother to Hadban Enzahi: Kamal II (Nazeer x Kamla). What if???? *Ansata Ibn Halima...I am very curious over the end result of this cross. From breeders who knew Richard Pritzlaff, he wanted to try this stallion as well but the transport was too risky for a mare as valuable as *Bint. I agree and find myself wishing that AI had been in practice, back in the day. WHAT IF??? And then, there is Alaa El Din. Moniet El Nefous was bred to Alaa El Din three times, to produce two chestnut mares and 1 chestnut stallion: Manar in 1965, Manaya in 1966 and *Soufian in 1968 (who was eventually exported to the USA). Of the three horses, Manaya has contributed daughters to the EAO breeding program, 1 daughter in particular, Maali (by the chestnut Moniet El Nefous son Ameer) has been equally prolific as a broodmare. It would have been a wonderful cross to try *Bint Moniet El Nefous with Alaa El Din. And finally, what about *Tuhotmos? An El Sareei son out of Moniet El Nefous? This stallion was in fact, crossed back on Fayrooz, a daughter of Mouna, herself a daughter of Moniet El Nefous! This mare produced Fouzan, a 1971 chestnut stallion, who was gifted to the President of France and *Maather, a 1972 chestnut mare exported to the USA. Had *Tuhotmos been bred to *Bint, what ethereal creature would have emerged from the mating? *Tuhotmos was a double grandson of Shaloul, a son of Ibn Rabdan, as El Sareei was a Shaloul son and Moniet El Nefous was a Shaloul daughter, as described earlier. Would the resulting foal be chestnut, like Moniet? Bay, like Ibn Rabdan? Or grey, like Shaloul? That would have been really interesting and possibly, a very dramatic horse.

EnJoy,
Ralph