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The Appearance and Conformation of the Saluki (Plates 5-7)
Whether one reads the British Kennel Club Standard of Points for the
Saluki or Gazelle Hound38 or the medieval Arabic hunting litera­
ture,3 9 or whether one enquires of a present-day practising hunter of
the Peninsula, the same basic points of appearance and conformation
essential in a good hound emerge. The following points are suggested
(Fig. 2): deep in the chest (farriiq al-zawr),A0 with low hocks
(mun/iadir al- ‘urqub),4 1 with long neck (tawll al-raqabah)?2 eyes
set apart (wasl‘ a/- 4aynayn),43 broad in the croup (‘aridal-fathah/al-
V?/z),44 long in the thigh (tawJl al-fakhdh)?5 long in the muzzle

a - cen
b - anf
c - fam, Q fin an
t d - hanak (muzzle)
e e - fakk (side of face)
b G>, d f - hlnjaroh (front of throat)
C /
r W, g - aadr
h - yld (whole of foreleg)
1 - zor (zawr)/Joshan
J - kaCb al-dhiraC
;
i

g
!

k
1
y

k - batn 1
1 - dhanab/dhel, h
riahah (feathering)
■ - anablC, oakhalib
n
a - Curgub
o - rijl (whole_of
hindleg), sag
(from stifle to a
pastern)
p - fakhdh Fig. 2
q - Cajz/fathah
r - dahr (zahr)
a - ragabah
t - idhin