Description

A Saqlawi Jidran of the marbat of Ibn Sudan Purchased from his breeder by Wilfrid & Lady Anne Blunt in 1889 Imported to England in 1891 by the Blunts Sold to Russia in 1903 Notes: The above information (except for the later transfer) is from the entry for Mesaoud in Weatherby's General Stud Book [XVII, 814] The transfer is from Lady Anne Blunt's journal entries [J&C, 5/22/1903] Lady Anne [J&C, 2/2/1887] indicated that she had received pedigrees in Ali Pasha Sharif's own hand for: Mesaoud; Merzuk (APS); and a 3rd youngster, Khatila (APS), which the Blunts had just purchased.