From the Muntifiq tribe Abbas Pasha got QUMIZ, a Samhan-Hafi, while Ali Pasha Sherif got MAHROUSA (APS), a Wadnan Khursan. The stallion, *KISMET, a Muniqi-Hadruj was imported into England in 1884 and may have been from the Muntifiq since he was described as a "Keheilan-Muntifik". The Blunt's Abayyan Sharrak stallion, SAADUN was also bred by the Muntifiq.

Thanks to Margaret Greely for the photo of Saadun.

QUMIZ (AP) EGYPT (I)

          A ca. 1850 Samhan-Hafi stallion of Ibn Rumayyis of the Muntifiq given to Ibn Mubarak Ibn Subah. Al Khalifah of Kuwait and imported prior to 1855 to Egypt for Abbas Pasha. Also called Al Qumiz.
         By Shalul, a Samhan of Ibn Hammadi by a Samhan and out of Zahra, a Samhah of the Muntif'q by a Samhan.
         NOTES: The above information (except for the dates which are Al Khamsa estimates) is from entry #7880 in Carl Raswan's Index.
                                 Sire of:
Samhan (AP) ca. 1860 -s out of Udayha (AP)

MAHROUSA (APS)  EGYPT (I)

         A ca. 1870 grey Wadnah-Khursaniyah mare bred by Bandar Ibn Sa'dun. Sheikh of the Muntifiq and imported by 1875 to Egypt, where he was owned by Ali Pasha Sherif. Also called Bint Faras Saouda.
         Mahroussa's dam was Faras Saouda, a "black" Wadnah-Khursaniyah of Bandar Ibn Sa'dun.
         NOTES: The above information (except for the dates, which are Al Khamsa estimates and the names Mahroussa and Wadna) is from Archer et al: The Crabbet Arabian Stud, p. 100, based on access to records of the Blunts. Lady Anne Blunt in a herd book entry for Mahruss (BLT) describes this mare not by name, but as the grey daughter of the 'black' mare of Bandar Ibn Sa'dun (courtesy of Michael Bowling, personal communication). Carl Raswan's Index entry #57777 has the same information as shown above, adding the names Mahroussa and Wadna.
                            Dam of:
Mahruss (APS) ca. 1875 by Wazir (APS)

*KISMET 253 HUNTINGTON

         An 1877 chestnut stallion imported in 1882 to India by the aqayl, Abd Ar-Rahman, then imported in 1884 to England by Mr. Broadwood, and finally imported in 1891 to the U.S.A. by Randolph Huntington.
         NOTES: The above information, which shows no strain, is from *Kismet's entry in Weatherby's General Stud Book Vol. XVI p. 657. *Kismet's strain on his AHC registration application is listed as "Keheilan- Montefik." but the stud book entry reads "Maneghi- Hedruj." The AHR Mu'niqi-Hadruj strain information appears to have been provided by Huntington. Entry # 5224 in Raswan's Index quotes the GSB entry but follows Huntington's lead in showing *Kismet as Mu'niqi-Hadruj. The Index entry erroneously attributes the "Keheilan- Montefik" information to the GSB entry. The Muntifiq is a tribe. (See the list and map of Bedouin tribes, pp. 10-11.)
                             Sire of:
*Nimr 1891 cs out of *Nazli
*Garaveen 1892 bs out of Kushdil (GSB)

SAADUN(BLT) BLUNT

         A 1906 bay Abayyan-Sharrak stallion bred by Sheikh Mishar Ibn Sa'dun of the Muntifiq and imported in 1911 to Egypt by Lady Anne Blunt. Also spelled Saadoun.
         By an Abayyan-Sharrak out of an Abayyah-Sharrakiyah.
         NOTES: The above information (except for the dates) is from the 1932 certified pedigree from the RAS for *Bint Bint Durra. The information is consistent with the RAS History p. 36 and Lady Anne Blunt's Sheykh Obeyd herd book entry for Saadun (Pearson, 1988, p. 146). The herd book adds the dates and says Saadun died 1917. Entry #8746 in Carl Raswan's Index shows the same information as the Sheykh Obeyd herdbook. The RAS History, p. 102, mistakenly says Lady Anne Blunt bred Saadun. Saadun was also called Abeyan in Blunt records.
                                Sire of
Durra (BLT) 1917 bm out of Dalal Al Hamra (BLT)