Hagar, a dark bay without markings and with
a "strange, wild head," distinguished herself as a riding mare on
the Blunts' first desert journey: she was not considered a first-class
mare at Crabbet but came to have first-class descent. Her great-granddaughter
Howa was the foundation mare for Miss May Lyon's Harwood Stud, still
maintained today by Miss Lyon's heirs, the Calvert family. Hagar
was among the mares sold by the Blunts to the Hon. Miss Ethelred
Dillon and she produced at Miss Dillon's Pudlicote Stud *Hauran,
sire of *Nessa and for Spencer Borden of Bazrah's dam Bathsheba;
*Hail, sire of Riad; and Zem Zem, whose daughter Zimrud is widespread
including a tail female branch in the important modern British family
of Bint Yasimet. The Zimrud line later returned to Crabbet in the
person of *Nurreddin II's show-jumper son Jeruan, sire of *Rishafieh
and *Jerama before his sale to Tersk. Another Zem Zem branch descends
from Hilal, sire of *Ibn Hilal.
Jerboa, bright bay with three white feet
and a star, was the first of several mares to attempt to found a
"J" family at Crabbet, where initial J did not prove a lucky letter.
Jerboa is in modern pedigrees through her son and daughter Jeroboam
and Jerud, full siblings by Pharoah. Jeroboam got Rodania's daughter
Rosemary and so is a widespread influence. Jerud produced at Crabbet
and for Miss Dillon and from the latter connection is responsible
for Jamrood by Maidan, sire of Hagar's son *Hail and of Zem Zem's
daughter Zimrud.
Wild Thyme, bay with a star, was purchased
because it was thought her strain, Kehilan Ras el-Fedawi, was
also that of the Thoroughbred founder the Darley Arabian; the
Blunts also imported a Ras el-Fedawi colt, called Darley. They
later found that the original Darley had been a Maneghi; the
Blunt Darley was a washout at stud and Wild Thyme was not much
more highly regarded. She produced for the Blunts and for other
owners, and her daughter Raschida (originally Wild Honey) was
another to produce for Miss Dillon. Raschida produced Riad and
has a substantial family in this country through her daughters
*Nessa and *Mahal, imported by Borden before the Darley connection
was disproved.
Sherifa, a white mare, was the senior
individual of the first importation and probably the most highly
esteemed, for the beauty of her head and for her character.
She lived to an estimated age of 30 and left an active family
at Crabbet, but the line trailed out around 1907 and she is
represented in modern pedigrees only through her daughter Shemse
by Pharaoh. Shemse had been sold from Crabbet in foal to Azrek
and produced a grey colt, Ben Azrek, who got two registered
daughters; Ruth Kesia from the non-Crabbet Borak [(Boanerges
x Kesia II) and so blood sister to Borden's import *Imamzada];
and Sheeba, whose dam Riad was 87.5% Blunt breeding. Ruth Kesia
is widely influential through Shahzada by Mootrub and *Nuri
Pasha by *Nureddin II; the latter's sister Krim left a family
in England. Sheeba breeds on through the mare sire Nuri Sherif,
also by Nureddin II.
Dahma, a dark bay with star, snip, some
white on all four feet, though not a familiar name in England
or America, cannot be dismissed as a minor influence internationally
for her daughter Dahna's is one of the most extensively branched
families in Australian breeding.
Jedrania, a bay, was the second J mare;
she and her daughter Jebel Druz produced for the Blunts but
she breeds on only through her Dillon son Jezail by *Imamzada,
the sire of Hagar's son *Hauran.
Meshura, a bright bay with four white
feet and a blaze, was a distinguished individual and half-sister
to the Blunt sire Pharaoh; their half-sister was dam of Azrek
and Basilisk was from the same immediate family. Meshura founded
a female line which reached several generations at Crabbet and
outside, but is present today only through indirect lines. Her
daughter Mansura (only offspring of Ashgar in pedigrees) produced
Mareb by Mesaoud and he left descent through one daughter, Mareesa.
Mabruka by Azrek produced Marhaba, dam of the Selby mare sire
*Mirzam. Maisuna by Mesaoud was responsible for the male-line
founder Joseph, sire of Rosh and Manasseh and of good mares.
Jilfa, again a bay with a star, was the
third of the J mares. Her influence persists only through Jamusa,
sold to the Hon. R.E.L. Vaughan Williams along with Mareb. That
pair had a string of offspring in GSB but the line was founded
by the filly Mareesa, who visited *Berk and Rasim at Crabbet
to produce the glamorous Alfarouse and the less noticeable but
more productive Yaquta respectively. Alfarouse breeds on through
her sons Almulid, Ajeeb and Azym; there is a thin modern female
line from Jilfa via Yaquta (thanks to Nyla Eshelman for pinning
this line down).
Fulana, a dark brown with off hind sock
and near fore coronet, was another who seemed to be founding
a Crabbet family. Her English branches all failed, and Fulana's
only descent today is through her very handsome Mesaoud son
Faraoun in Australian pedigrees.
Johara, chestnut elder sister of the
"broken legged" Bint Helwa, was marked with blaze, near hind
sock and a small mark outside off hind. Two daughters produced
at Crabbet but the thin lines from Johara today all descend
from her great-granddaughter Jawi-Jawi.
