The
EAO stallion Zahi was sired by *Ibn Hafiza and out of Bint Bukra, a
full sister to Ghazal and *Ansata Bint Bukra. Like his full siblings,
Zahi is Dahman by strain, tracing in tail female line to the Ali Pasha
Sherif mare, El Dahma. His Blunt desert bred coefficient was lower than 5%, thanks mainly to his sire, who carried no Blunt desert
blood. He sired *Bint Farha out of the Galal daughter, Farha (who was
out of Fifi), the chestnut mare *Wadeaa (out of the Anter daughter
Ferial), the grey stallion *Ziadd (out of the *Ramses Fayek daughter
Naeema), the grey mare Mazhowa (out of the *Farazdac daughter
Kalthooma). Zahi's brother, *GAF Wesam (by Waseem) was purchased and
imported to America by Barbara Johanson. Zahi had very large, black
eyes, set low on his short, wide head. He was a dramatic looking horse, his appearance intensified by the prominence of the facial crest bone, an important quality which the Bedouin called "asalah". He
had excellent skin quality, heavily pigmented with a thicker forelock
and mane intensifying his beautiful face. He was a short coupled horse,
very traditional Egyptian with a smooth and strong topline. In my
opinion, he combined the beauty of his dam with the conformation of his
sire. His blood was represented in the Lancer Arabians, Valor Arabians,
Imperial Egyptian Stud breeding programs (Imperial Al Amon Ra, Imperial Imwasama,
Imperial Oreeyah) and today, to Prestige Arabians and also Rancho
Bulakenyo. It is uniquely bred horses whom we lament the most, as the
outcross potential that existed with Zahi, was not fully taken advantage
of in American Egyptian breeding. Clearly, a lesson that must be learned
and embraced, for the future health of the Egyptian Arabian horse.
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