The Jewel of Kuwait: NK Nariman

NK Nariman (Salaa el Dine x Amrullah)

When Usamah Alkazemi of Ezzain Arabians, located in Kuwait, purchased the young mare, NK Jurie from Dr. Hans Nagel of Katharinenhof, in Northern Germany, little did he realize at the time, the significance that this young filly would have in establishing a breeding program recognized around the world for producing  horses who conform to a unique standard of type, possessing a level of refinement and elegance which is elusive and hard to find within the world of Egyptian Arabian horse breeding.

NK Jurie (NK Hafid Jamil x NK Nariman)

NK Jurie is out of NK Nariman, a 1995 mare who represents the third generation of Dr. Nagel's breeding program utilizing the Alaa el Din daughter, Hanan, in combination with carefully chosen stallions: Ansata Halim Shah (*Ansata Ibn Halima x Ansata Rosetta), Madkour I (Hadban Enzahi x Moheba II) and Ghazal (Nazeer x Bukra). Nariman is the result of a Hanan son (Salaa el Dine) bred to a double Hanan granddaughter (Amrullah). "The Ghazala-daughter Amrullah (Jamil x Ghazala) was one of the very prolific broodmares of the Obayan family, producing five excellent daughters." writes Dr. Nagel. At this point in his program, Dr. Nagel was exploring the possibility of a "nick" between the Hanan sons: Salaa el Dine and *Jamil, choosing to breed Salaa el Dine to the daughters of *Jamil. "Salaa el Dine daughters had their own typical appeal and the qualities of being consistent and reliable broodmares." says Dr. Nagel. Nariman is one of several siblings produced from this combination and a full sister to mares like Nadeema, Nessma and Aischa, to name a few of these daughters. Through NK Jurie, Usamah fell in love with NK Nariman and desired to incorporate more of her influence into his program.

"She is the jewel and was the horse that tied me to Dr. Nagel's program."

During this time, NK Nariman  had also produced NK Alamirah and a full brother named NK Qaswarah, both of whom were purchased for Ezzain. "NK Nariman, one of the top broodmares in Katharinenhof gave birth to four daughters and one stallion of high class, NK Qaswarah." states Dr. Nagel. While NK Jurie has the distinction of bringing awareness for the reproductive capabilities of her dam, in combination with her sire, NK Hafid Jamil (with four lines to Hanan, this stallion introduces the blood of two additional mares used in the Katharinenhof breeding program: Lotfeia and Ansata Gloriana), it would not be NK Jurie or her daughter, Jureiah, to impact the Ezzain breeding program; rather, it would be her siblings, NK Alamirah, through her Ansata AlMurtajiz (Ansata Hejazi x Ansata Samsara) daughter, Alamirah Ezzain and NK Qaswarah (who would mature into the role of chief sire for Ezzain, with a very high percentage of the Ezzain horses, influenced by him as sire, grandsire and great grandsire) who would breed forward and exert the influence of the cross between NK Nariman and NK Hafid Jamil. In the six years since visiting Ezzain, many of the promising young horses I met at that time are now fully mature and exerting all of their genetic promise forward into the future, like Hooreiah, who is no longer a filly but now, an important broodmare, producing fillies of her own: Badiaah (by Thettwa) and Hhamdah (by Radhei) and a colt, Dawwas (by Thettwa). In addition to Hooreiah, Alamirah also produced Monifah (by the Qaswarah son, Aneesilnefous), Maliikah (by the charismatic Qaswarah son, Mohhareb, who also sired the colt, Ammuri), Monirah (by Thettwa's young son, Doaabob), a full brother to Hooreiah named Hermaas and the exciting young bay stallion, Zain (by the black-colored Qaswarah son, Thettwa).  As a breeding stallion, Zain, like his maternal sister, Hooreiah, shows the excellence of the ancestral elements that brought him into existence, siring three promising fillies: Zaiiana, Sultana, Sheikah and two sons: Hussam and Wanees, all of whom will one day broaden the impact of a mare named Nariman, the jewel of Kuwait.