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The Saluki Shami among the Tahawi, in Florence Amherst's article in
Cassell’s New Book of The Dog, 1907
For horses, authentic sources (strains) are "Laaman" and "Ayesha", both from pure
necessary as per the Arabic Bedouin culture, gold color, were the same breed as the
so we gave up our original horses coming Shah's of Persia. "Sama" came from this
with us from North Africa because they lost pair. Florence Amherst continued the breed
their authenticity as Arabians and with newly imported dogs and was
established new studs based on Anazah and England's first breeder ... " - The quote is
Shammar horses. exactly this - "The breeding of Laaman
and Ayesha was said to be the same as that
As for the dogs, we had our dogs coming in the kennels of the Shah of Persia." (E.C.
with us from North Africa. There was no Ash’s Dogs and Their History, 1927).
reason to give up with them because there is
no such strict (breeding) culture with dogs The fact that the Shah of Persia had dogs
as with horses. But we must also had from the same breed suggests that the
acquired more dogs from Syria (in the 19th imports of the Salukis from Syria came to
century)." the Tahawi immediately before Florence
Amherst's receipt of La’aman and Ayesha!
Aga vom Hagen, a contemporary of
Florence Amherst writes: "From a Syrian
tribe in the districts of Selia and Ismailia
(Egypt), Florence Amherst received two 10-
month-old puppies that acclimatized
surprisingly well.
