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The smooth Saluki and its origins

Historically, short-haired or feathered
Salukis can therefore be assigned to certain
regions and tribes. Since Sloughis are
exclusively smooth, it is obvious that they
have nothing in common genetically with
heterozygous Salukis.

The only thing they have in common is that
they are both dogs.
The tension between landraces and
selected breeds bred according to a

standard is demonstrated using various
examples.
Examples of smooth Salukis from different
areas of the Middle East. Page 39.
Al-Murrah Bedouin, in empty quarter at Rub al-
Khali, Saudi Arabia © Tor Eigeland in 1960s

Reflections on the background of mixing
Middle Eastern Salukis with North African
Sloughis

Saluki or Gazelle Hound Club, founded in
1923

"Les Lévriers", book by X. Przezdziecki 1975.

The colonial attitude of the English and
French: "A Sloughi is the same as a Saluki".
The ecological concept of races.
The question of eugenic selection in

landraces. Page 47. Sloughi in Northern Tunisia, 2015 © Liedtke