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Burchard writes: "The Bedouins pay no attention at all to beauty traits ... Rather, they
practise a sharp selection of performance ... character, intelligence and orientation ... Only
those that have become famous for hunting produce larger offspring. Even today's state-
subsidised Bedouin cannot afford to keep a bunch of inferior dogs. In addition, he constantly
endeavours to breed or own only those Salukis that he could give to his Sheikh or a member

of the Royal family without embarrassing himself."

Burchard also mentions that the individual Bedouin tribes have different types of
sighthounds, depending on the area. For example, the Mutair have more or less well-

feathered Salukis, while the Al-Murra tribe have only smooth Salukis.

Saluki of Al-Murra, Saudi Arabia, smooth
© Turky Ibraheam, 20 October 2013

Dr. John Burchard describes decidedly different types in the different Bedouin tribes,

which therefore remain constant in the coat and its variations within the population.
Otherwise it would not be possible to differentiate and categorise the individual Bedouin
tribes or families in this way!