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Breeding Arabian Horses in Albania by MONIKA SAVIER Graphic Design: Mario Brunetti impa Albania_Layout 1 11/05/20 16:34 Pagina 1 Breeding Arabian Horses in Albania by MONIKA SAVIER Graphic design: Mario Brunetti 42 • Desert Heritage Magazine impa Albania_Layout 1 11/05/20 16:34 Pagina 1 Breeding Arabian Horses in Albania by MONIKA SAVIER Graphic design: Mario Brunetti Desert Heritage Magazine • 43 impa Albania_Layout 1 11/05/20 16:34 Pagina 3 At the height of his rule, he controlled Lower When King Farouk I in 1952 had to resign after the LUGU I GEGËVE LG Arabian Farm Egypt, Upper Egypt, Sudan and parts of Arabia and revolution, his breeding stables Inshass stud with the A new Farm is Raising in the World the entire Levant. He is regarded as the founder of finest Arabian horses from the Nejd were also trans- „In addition to our passion we must Modern Egypt. His dynasty ruled until the King, ferred to the Egyptian State Stud RAS / EAO and reactivate and take care of the tradition Farouk I was overthrown in the Egyptian Revolution the basics for today’s purely Egyptian Arabian horse of Straight Egyptian Breeding that our country has had in the past for Arab horses“. of 1952. Farouk I was the tenth ruler of Egypt from breeding was laid. by MONIKA SAVIER (Roland Shyti) the Muhammad Ali Pasha Dynasty and proud of his The influence of Abbas Pasha’s Straight Egyptian Albanian heritage. As king, 30 Albanian bodyguards horses was important throughout the Ottoman Em- ild high mountain peaks, deep valleys and plains blooming towards the sea, this is the hin- protected him as he regarded Albanians as the only pire, including the land of Albania, as it was a matter terland of touristic Albania, which has the most beautiful sandy beaches along the sea. They people he could trust with his life. of improving cavalry by means of powerful, tough Ware occasionally interrupted by rocky cliffs, which form almost uninhabited and During the whole period of the dynasty until 1952, horses with charisma and elegant phenotype. Fur- hardly accessible white bays on the blue sea of the southern Adriatic. breeding of Arabian horses played an important role, thermore, the character of the pure Arabian horses And those who think that Albania is still a “workers’ and farmers’ state” not only for the cavalry but also especially as status were especially people-oriented and able to create a do not know Valona (Vlore). This tourist jewel is nowadays populated by symbol for the ruling class. link of understanding to their riders, which could Italian visitors and investors, who find a home by the sea there, which re- Six generations later Abbas Hilmi II, (1874 – 1944) save their lives. Their influence on horse breeding in minds them of the Italian region Puglia of the 50’s in terms of its natural reached the throne, following the dynasty founded the whole Ottoman Empire is widely documented. beauty and water quality, which stretches barely 150 km away on the other by Muhammad Ali Pasha. He was called Abbas Still today, many of the Albanian mountain ponies side of the Adriatic coast. Pasha II and was obsessed with Arabian horses have pretty little heads with a fine mouth and dish. breeding from their country of origin, the region Even before the Second World War, Arabian horses We drive south along the beach. Then the jeep turns Looking back to understand the future called Nejd on the Arabian Peninsula. He did are said to have been used in private studs to improve left into the mountains. On the narrow road two tor- As in all Balkan countries, oriental stallions influ- everything to import these horses into Egypt. He the breeds. Three-quarters of Albania (the “Land of toises quickly save themselves from the car. After enced horse breeding in Albania during the 500 even hand-wrote a book about his straight Egypt- Eagles”, as it is also called), are high mountains and another three kilometres of serpentine bends, we years of Turkish occupation. The Ottoman Empire, ian horses, pedigrees and history, called „The Ab- deep gorges, where without the use of donkeys and reach a natural plateau and see the Arabian stud which had also conquered Egypt, had excellent bas Pasha Manuscript“. His horses and their off- horses, even today, transport work and agriculture farm owned by Ilir Shyti and Blendi Bani come into cavalry. Muhammad Ali Pasha, also called spring have been the root horses of the breed of can only be carried out to a limited extent. view. Above us, an eagle circles, on the ground, wild Meḥemmed ʿAlī Pāšā, (1769-1849) was born in straight Egyptians in the following years. They Because of political alliances, in 1958 Albania received orchids and in front of me, the horses in the pad- Kavalar, Northern Greece, but his family came mainly entered into the RAS (Royal Agricultural five purebred Arabian stallions and ten mares from docks. I wonder why there are so few Arabian horses from Albania. History calls him the Albanian Ot- Society) founded in the early 20th Century in Tersk, the state stud in the former Soviet Union. Also in Albania, because the natural environment would toman governor and de facto ruler and King Cairo. Later it was called EAO (Egyptian Agricul- in the 1960’s, according to WAHO (World Arabian be ideal for their breeding. of Egypt from 1805 to 1848. tural Organization). Horse Organization) information, a number of Russ- Abbas Pasha I, the Viceroy of Egypt, was famous for his collection of Arabian Horses. He had definitely a preference for the Arabian horses with the fine head and elegant type, which he found only in the southern part of the Arabia, called Nejd. These horses were for the most part the original gene pool for the Straight Egyptians of today. 44 • Desert Heritage Magazine impa Albania_Layout 1 11/05/20 16:34 Pagina 3 At the height of his rule, he controlled Lower When King Farouk I in 1952 had to resign after the LUGU I GEGËVE LG Arabian Farm Egypt, Upper Egypt, Sudan and parts of Arabia and revolution, his breeding stables Inshass stud with the A new Farm is Raising in the World the entire Levant. He is regarded as the founder of finest Arabian horses from the Nejd were also trans- „In addition to our passion we must Modern Egypt. His dynasty ruled until the King, ferred to the Egyptian State Stud RAS / EAO and reactivate and take care of the tradition Farouk I was overthrown in the Egyptian Revolution the basics for today’s purely Egyptian Arabian horse of Straight Egyptian Breeding that our country has had in the past for Arab horses“. of 1952. Farouk I was the tenth ruler of Egypt from breeding was laid. by MONIKA SAVIER (Roland Shyti) the Muhammad Ali Pasha Dynasty and proud of his The influence of Abbas Pasha’s Straight Egyptian Albanian heritage. As king, 30 Albanian bodyguards horses was important throughout the Ottoman Em- ild high mountain peaks, deep valleys and plains blooming towards the sea, this is the hin- protected him as he regarded Albanians as the only pire, including the land of Albania, as it was a matter terland of touristic Albania, which has the most beautiful sandy beaches along the sea. They people he could trust with his life. of improving cavalry by means of powerful, tough Ware occasionally interrupted by rocky cliffs, which form almost uninhabited and During the whole period of the dynasty until 1952, horses with charisma and elegant phenotype. Fur- hardly accessible white bays on the blue sea of the southern Adriatic. breeding of Arabian horses played an important role, thermore, the character of the pure Arabian horses And those who think that Albania is still a “workers’ and farmers’ state” not only for the cavalry but also especially as status were especially people-oriented and able to create a do not know Valona (Vlore). This tourist jewel is nowadays populated by symbol for the ruling class. link of understanding to their riders, which could Italian visitors and investors, who find a home by the sea there, which re- Six generations later Abbas Hilmi II, (1874 – 1944) save their lives. Their influence on horse breeding in minds them of the Italian region Puglia of the 50’s in terms of its natural reached the throne, following the dynasty founded the whole Ottoman Empire is widely documented. beauty and water quality, which stretches barely 150 km away on the other by Muhammad Ali Pasha. He was called Abbas Still today, many of the Albanian mountain ponies side of the Adriatic coast. Pasha II and was obsessed with Arabian horses have pretty little heads with a fine mouth and dish. breeding from their country of origin, the region Even before the Second World War, Arabian horses We drive south along the beach. Then the jeep turns Looking back to understand the future called Nejd on the Arabian Peninsula. He did are said to have been used in private studs to improve left into the mountains. On the narrow road two tor- As in all Balkan countries, oriental stallions influ- everything to import these horses into Egypt. He the breeds. Three-quarters of Albania (the “Land of toises quickly save themselves from the car. After enced horse breeding in Albania during the 500 even hand-wrote a book about his straight Egypt- Eagles”, as it is also called), are high mountains and another three kilometres of serpentine bends, we years of Turkish occupation. The Ottoman Empire, ian horses, pedigrees and history, called „The Ab- deep gorges, where without the use of donkeys and reach a natural plateau and see the Arabian stud which had also conquered Egypt, had excellent bas Pasha Manuscript“.
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