NOBILITY OF THE DESERT: the Arab Horse of the Bedouins by F. B. Klynstra.

Chapters include: The First Horses in the Near East, Breeding Asil as a Religious Obligation, Strains and Types, Conformation (covering the head, ears, eyes, lower jaw, nostrils, neck, barrel, back croup, tail, legs and coat), Physiological Characteristics of the Breed (blood, fertility, gestation, life expectancy), Temperament, Endurance, Racing Arabians, El Asil and the Purebred, Results of Breeding with Arabian Blood (the Orlov Trotter, English Thoroughbred, French Anglo-Arab, Arabian Blood and Height at the Withers. Photos include Morafic, Hamasa, El Managhi, Kaisoon, AK Bay Moniet, Fadl, Badiah, Manar, Moniet El Nefous, Gassir, El Saria,