Aswan (horse)

Horse infobox
horsename= Aswan


caption=Aswan as a young horse in Egypt
breed=Arabian
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sire= Nazeer
grandsire=Mansour
dam= Yosreia
damsire= Sheikh El Arab
sex= Stallion
foaled= 1958
died=1984
country= Egypt
color= Grey
breeder=Egyptian Agricultural Organization
owner= Tersk Stud, Russia
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updated= March 13 2008

Aswan (1958-1984), originally named Raafat [ [http://www.trk-base.com/horse.php?screen=1&id=5689 Trakehner Database] ] in Egypt. Aswan was a highly influential grey Egyptian-bred Arabian stallion who stood at the Tersk Stud in Russia. Sired by Nazeer out of Yosreia, he was given as a gift to the Soviet Union by the Egyptian government in 1963, in return for Soviet help in building the Aswan Dam.

He sired 296 foals over 19 seasons, more than any other stallion at Tersk Stud. [ [http://www.sunshineridgearabians.com/aswan.htm Sunshine Ridge Arabians, "Aswan"] ] [1999 Arabian Horse Bookshelf, Arabian Horse Registry of America CD-ROM] ] His offspring were exported all over the world. A life-size commemorative bronze statue of him stands at the entrance of Tersk Stud.

Aswan's maternal great-great grandsire, Sotamm, was a horse of bloodlines all tracing to the horses imported by Wilfrid and Lady Anne Blunt from the stud of Ali Pasha Sherif. Sotamm was born in England and then sold to the Egyptian government by Lady Wentworth of the Crabbet Arabian Stud. Interestingly, Sotamm's grandsire Mesaoud once lived at the location of the Tersk Stud (when it was privately owned by Count Sergei Aleksandrovich Stroganov and his brother-in-law [http://genealogy.euweb.cz/russia/stroganov.html Stroganov family genealogy] ] Prince Aleksandr Grigorievich Shcherbatov). [http://www.arieana.com/nbmesaou.html#mesoud Arieana Arabians, "Mesaoud", "CMK Heritage Notebook"] ]

Pedigree

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1=*Aswan
2= Nazeer (RAS)
3= Yosreia (RAS)
4= Mansour (RAS)
5= Bint Samiha (RAS)
6= Sheikh El Arab (RAS)
7=Hind(RAS)
8=Gamil Manial (RAS)
9= Nafaa El Sahira (RAS)
10= Kazmeen (RAS)
11= Samiha (RAS)
12=Mansour (RAS)
13=Bint Sabah (RAS)
14=Ibn Rabdan (RAS)
15=Bint Rustem (RAS)
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