ABSTRACT
The Arabs say that there are four basic colours for a horse’s coat: white, black, red and yellow. Ibn Hudhayl says that these can be further reduced to simply white and black, since red and yellow ultimately stem from white and black. https://www.niso.org/standards/z39-96/ns/oasis-exchange/table">
bay
ahmar
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ward [CA]
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adbas [CA]
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When the horse is black mixed with chestnut it is described as adbas. According to the Rwala Bedouins, a bay mare, hamra’ (https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315029917/e8d7f650-47e3-4f82-a4f5-e32f641fe354/content/fig4_4_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>) is the most enduring of mares..
bay without any white marking
ahmar sahhah [’An]
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bay (mare) without any white marking
hamra’ talsa’ [RB]
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(dark) bay
ahmar miharraq [E]
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ahmar adham [CA]
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kumayt
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Kumayt is dark red (the red is in black) or port-wine coloured. Kumayt is the favourite colour of Arabian horses among the Bedouins.
(gilded) bay
kumayt mudamma [CA]
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(maroon) bay
asda’ [CA]
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black asmar [E]
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(less commonly iswid [E] https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315029917/e8d7f650-47e3-4f82-a4f5-e32f641fe354/content/fig4_13_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
Among Bedouins akhdar [’An, CA] https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9781315029917/e8d7f650-47e3-4f82-a4f5-e32f641fe354/content/fig4_14_B.tif" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
Also, if the colour black is so intense that it verges on green, the horse is said to be akhdar. Mercier suggests that this colour corresponds to ‘bai brun’.
black mare
dhama’ [RB]
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dhama’ ghurabiyye [RB]
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The mare is described as ghurabiyye if she has the bluish luster characteristic of a raven.
(jet) black
ghayhabi [CA]
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(pure) black
adham [CA]
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to be black
idhamm [CA]
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brown
bunni [E]
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Bunni is sometimes used to describe the colour bay.
(dark) brown
ashqar miharraq [E]
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ashqar mahruq [E]
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(bright) chestnut
ashqar
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A horse of a clear red colour, or of a red colour inclining to the dull red hue called mughrah, with a red mane and tail.
(golden) chestnut mare
shaqra’ dhhub [RB]
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The Rwala believe that the shaqra’ is the fastest, but not the most enduring, of mares.
(light) chestnut
ashqar fatih [E]
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ashqar nagdi [E]
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(less commonly)
ashqar ghagari [E]
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(liver) chestnut
ashqar zifir [E]
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hmuren asamrn [’ Ot]
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The hmuren asamm is completely red-brown, without a sign of any other colour.
ahamm [CA]
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A horse is described as ahamm when black is mixed with the least amount of red or yellow. Mercier describes this colour as ‘bai chatain’.
chestnut mare with all legs white to knees
shaqra’ mkhawwaza [RB]
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colour
lawn - alwan
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dark
adham
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A dark horse in general. Among the Bedouins adham indicates dark brown, with the mane and tail darker than the body. May also be black (see above).
(blue or yellow) dun
asfarem mhammes [’Ot]
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asfar mutarraf [CA ]
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Light grey with black mane, tail and hocks. From the descriptions, this could be either blue or yellow dun.
(yellow) dun
armad [CA]
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(bluish) grey
nili [BRas]
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(mare)
zarqa’ niliyye [RB]
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The zarqa’ niliyye is described by Musil as grey with dark slide predominating.
(cream) grey
azraq [E]
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ashhab sawsani [CA]
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The ashhah sawsani is described as white mixed with yellow.
(dapple) grey
azraq qurushi [E]
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Dappled all over
mudannar [CA]
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ashy am [CA[
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(flea-bitten) grey
azraq habashi [E]
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Habashi is described by Burckhardt as ‘horse spotted with different colours’.
also
abqa’ [CA]
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(iron) grey
azraq hadidi [E]
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If the white is mixed with black, then the horse is described as hadidi. The word hadidiis also used by the Bedouins.
(light) grey
ashhab wadih [CA]
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kafuri [CA]
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The colour kafuri is described as white mixed with a little black.
(mouse) grey
awraq [CA]
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The horse is described as awraq when the black verges on white such that it is almost the colour of ash.
(nutmeg) grey
wahshi [BHess]
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In German Muskatschimmel. The wahshi colour found among the Bedouins is described by Hess as brown, red and yellow mixed with either white or grey.
rev
amlah [E[
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White mixed with a little black. Literally, amlah means ‘salty’. Given by Raswan for the Bedouins as ‘A grey horse in general’.
(silver) grey
ash’ al [CA]
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(spangled) grey
mufallas [CA]
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The mufallas is white grey with round spots of a different colour. Maybe Appaloosian?
(spotted) grey
azraq dibbani [E]
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arqat [CA]
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Numerous spots
anmar [CA]
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The anmar is spotted like a starling.
Very small spots
anmash [CA]
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also
abrash [CA]
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(striped) grey
mujazza’ [CA]
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The mujazza’ looks like a zebra.
Smaller stripes
mughrab [CA]
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For mughrab Mercier incorrectly gives mu’arraf
(white) grey
asfaren sahah [’Ot]
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abyad [E]
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ashhab [CA]
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Pure white
ashhab qirtasi [CA]
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also
sabuni [E]
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Mixed with red
sinnabi [CA]
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grey with brown marks asfarem mershush [’Ot] the size of a coin
asfarem mershush [’ Ot]
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palomino
ashqar [ E]
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asfar fadih [CA]
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The asfar fadih is considered to be marked by weakness. However, Mercier says that this is not the general feeling among Muslims about this colour which is highly-valued in Morocco.
piebald
ablaq [CA]
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Black and white, or white in the hindlegs as high as the thighs. Ablaq in horses is equivalent to ahga’ in sheep. Balaq, ‘piebaldness’, is disliked and considered a weakness in horses.
also
muwalla’ [CA]
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(blue) roan
azraq mawaridi [E]
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(red) roan
ahmar mawaridi [CA]
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Said to be a colour between that called kumayt (bay or sorrel) and ashgar.
skewbald
ablaq
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As with piebald, skewbald is a rare colour, disliked by the Arabs.
sorrel
asfar
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If the horse is of a golden colour then it is asfar fagi’, and if the tail and mane are whitish then it is asfar fadih. Among the inner Arabian Bedouins, asfar is said to be used for old horses. According to Tweedie, asfar is 1. milkwhite, 2. white and light grey, 3. white with a saffron infusion.
whole coloured
musmat [CA]
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Where the horse is of one colour and has no white markings.
