The Purebred Arabian Horses of Iraq: Myths and Realities

Name: The Purebred Arabian Horses of Iraq: Myths and Realities
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ISBN: 9781909339019

ISBN-10: 1909339016

ISBN-13: 9781909339019

Edition: 2012

Authors: Mohammad Al-nujaifi

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For the first time, the story of Iraq's purebred Arabian horses is recounted in words and pictures by a prominent Iraqi whose family has been breeding horses for generations, since the family migrated north from Arabia with their prize horses to settle on the grasslands around Mosul in northern Iraq in the 17th century. Dr Mohammed Al-Nujaifi has a deep understanding of the purebred desert Arabian horse, its origins, history and qualities, and his narrative corrects the Western-held belief that Arabian horses were bred and admired primarily for their beauty. It is speed, he argues, that has always been the essential characteristic sought and developed over millennia by the Arabs. The recent…

Book details

List price: $65.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: David Brown Book Co
Binding: Cloth Text
Pages: 240
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 3.344
Language: English