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In contrast are the graphic representations This is also currently confirmed by Salima
of the Tadrart Acacus or the Pharaohs, Ikram. Here we have confirmation of the
which are in part of older origin and origin of (sight) hounds at Rekhmire from
already show fully developed hound types. Nubia, even after such a long period of
time.
This shows that the ancestors of the
African Sloughis are historically different In Lady Florence's above-mentioned article
from the ancestors of the Asian Saluki in Cassell's New Book from 1907, she also
types. At this point it must be stated that separates the description of the four Asian
the Sinai Peninsula belongs to Africa Saluki types in section I. from section "III.
according to the understanding of the The North African Slughi, or Slughi of the
Pharaohs, is also geologically located on Sahara." This with reference to the Dutch
the African plate, but geographically it is importers and breeders Mr. Michel La
counted as a part of Asia. Fontijn, Mr. Auguste Le Gras, Mr. Joh.
Knoops, and others who, according to our
Asian Saluki types in Africa - the Tahawi current opinion, owned all North African
Bedouins sighthounds of the Sloughi breed.
The narrative of the 20th century, the In one subsection of the "North African
"Saluki" came to the Maghreb with the Slughi" she writes of the "greyhounds of the
conquest of the Arabs in the 7th century Sudan" - small well-shaped "greyhounds" of
AD, has so far remained without evidence. a smooth-coated type. The color is light
As shown, genetics do not support such a yellow, cream, gold or brown. They are
theory, either. used for hunting hares and gazelles. There
they are called "Shilluk" (as also a people
We have seen above that Lady Florence from South Sudan). Then Florence Amherst
Amherst has already made a reference by speaks about a further sighthound type,
the Arabs to the origin of the "Slughis" to which is described as a powerfully built
the Pharaohs, as she writes. In addition, dog, with upright ears and small eyes. Its
however, she mentions "Slughis", who also main characteristic is the coloration, which
came from Nubia in the early 20th century. is white with black or brown markings.
