ABSTRACT

First Published in 1996. This is a lexicon of Arabic horse terminology covering Egyptian, Bedouin and Classical Arabic. The Egyptian data for this book were collected in Cairo between October 1982 and September 1983, December 1983, December 1984, and March to April 1988. Most of this time the author spent exercising and training Egyptian and European horses, and later, teaching horse riding.

chapter 1|3 pages

General

chapter 2|8 pages

Parts of the Horse

chapter 3|9 pages

Markings and Whorls

chapter 4|4 pages

Colours

chapter 5|2 pages

Paces and Lateral Movements

chapter 6|2 pages

Stable Management

chapter 7|3 pages

Fodder and Feeding

chapter 8|5 pages

Ailments and Medicine

chapter 9|2 pages

Farriery

chapter 10|2 pages

Grooming

chapter 11|5 pages

Saddlery

chapter 12|2 pages

Riding

chapter 13|3 pages

Competitions and Jumping

chapter 14|2 pages

Racing

chapter 15|2 pages

Vices

chapter 16|3 pages

Conformation Faults

chapter 17|2 pages

Miscellaneous