Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Charles Howard, Earl of, 1833-1898, Peek, Hedley, Aflalo, Frederick G. (Frederick George), 1870-1918 · London : Lawrence and Bullen · leaf 574
merit. In Mesopotamia the breed isbecoming more and more mixed, and in all theBagdad district it has long been a by-word. Afew good mares are still to be found in Persian 526 THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPORT [horse Arabistan but the great studs of the Bakhtiarichiefs are gone, and it is very doubtful… … Mesaoud, .^ PURE BRED Seglalr ; Ten Years Old. The reasons of this general decline are, first,the ever-increasing military pressure of theOttoman Government, which has broken theindependence of the tribes on the Arabianfrontier and limited their areas of summerpasture. Secondly, the gradual…
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