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Tarfa, 1999 © de Caprona
TARFA (FCPR 90459) Gisela Bergman explains in a letter to
Dominique de Caprona:
Tarfa, sand brindle, was born August 1998
out of Kahena (*October 9th, 1992 in “... Tarfa was supposed to be herding camels
Tunisia, red sand with black mask) by Yeha on the Libyan border ... he was born in June
(*December 12th, 1996 in Tunisia, brindle) 98, sand-colored with gray, widely spreading
both from the Bergmanns, born in brindle stripes. He gets his name from the
Ghardimaou. He was exported to the USA similarity of his fur to the play of light and
together with Ramla by Dominique de shadow under the Tamarisk trees in the
Caprona in the spring of 1999. desert. If he continues to grow as before, he
will be a giant Sloughi. His father is a gray
Tarfa was bred four times and had 23 direct brindle son of SOUFI and KAHENA's gray-
offspring, some of them known and with sand-colored full sister DINAH, his mother is
descendants to this day.
KAHENA."
Breedings:
Sheik el Arab (D) with Aljana Sheik el Arab
(9, B-litter).
Shi'Rayan (USA) with Bouthayna Shi'Rayan
(6, I-litter), Dalal Shi'Rayan (1, K-puppy),
A'Ssissa Shi'Rayan (7, M-litter)
There are offspring and descendants in the
kennels of Sheik el Arab, Schuru-esch-
Schams, Shi'Rayân, Elegantin, Qalb Elassad,
Quetshadee, Sabiih al Sahra, Christoso,
Almahboubin.
Tarfa, 1999 © de Caprona