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Arabian Horse Breeding System

Type Object Region Arabian Peninsula Time 500

A purebred horse breeding tradition and pedigree management system developed over centuries by Bedouin tribes of the Arabian Peninsula, based on stri…

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  1. 500Arabian Peninsula deserts · Arabian PeninsulaBedouin tribes domesticated horses in the desert, recording pedigrees through oral maternal lineages and strictly forbidding non-purebred mating, forming the concept and selection norms of the asil purebred horse.
  2. 1001–1010Najd plateau · NajdBy this time the Arabian horse breeding system was highly mature, with clearly distinct strains such as the Kuhailan and Saklawi, spreading to Egypt, Persia, Byzantium, and elsewhere through hajj trade, military campaigns, and gift-giving.
  3. 1500Istanbul · Ottoman EmpireThe Ottoman Empire established an imperial stable pedigree registration system; Arabian horses were further exported to Europe to improve local breeds, becoming ancestors of many warmblood and light draft horses worldwide.

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