For the organization for a specific group of Arabian horses, see Al Khamsa (organization).
"Al Khamsa" (الخمسة) is a designation applied to specific desert-bred bloodlines of the Arabian horse considered particularly "pure" by Arabian horse breeders, who sometimes also describe such lines with by use of the Arabic word asil, meaning "pure". It also refers to a mythical origin story of the breed
Al Khamsa roughly translates as 'The Five'. It refers to a mythical group of foundation mares that were the legendary founders of the Arabian breed. While some breeders claim these mares really existed, there is no objective, historical way to verify such a claim.
The modern definition of an Arabian as Al Khamsa usually refers to a horse that can be verified in every line of its pedigree to trace to specific named desert-bred Arabians with documentation that their breeding was attested to by a Bedouin seller who had sworn a formal oath (generally invoking Allah) that the animal was asil or pure of blood. This standard is only met by approximately two percent of all registered Arabians today. Such horses included the desert-bred imports of the Crabbet Arabian Stud, the imports from Syria of Homer Davenport, many of the horses imported from Egypt that were originally bred by Muhammad Ali of Egypt, Abbas Pasha, Ali Pasha Sherif, or the Royal Agricultural Society and its successor organizations, and other desert-bred horses obtained throughout the Middle East by buyers such as Carl Raswan who were familiar with bloodlines and the formal sales procedures of the Bedouin to properly document animals of Asil bloodlines.
"AlKhamsa" (الخمسة) is a designation applied to specific desert-bred bloodlines of the Arabian horse considered particularly "pure" by Arabian horse...
North Africa, also romanized as khamsaAlKhamsa, a bloodline for Arabian horses that traces back to five mares AlKhamsa (organization), a nonprofit organization...
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rulings fall into one of five categories known as "the five rulings" (al-aḥkām al-khamsa): mandatory (farḍ or wājib), recommended (mandūb or mustaḥabb), neutral...
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young detective, created by Anurag Basu for the eponymous film Al Moghameron AlKhamsa (The Five Adventurers or The Adventurous Five) - kid detectives...
rulings fall into one of five categories known as "the five decisions" (al-aḥkām al-khamsa): mandatory (farḍ or wājib), recommended (mandūb or mustaḥabb), neutral...
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heresiographer is extensive. He was said to have written over 400 books. Al-Dhahabi gives the following list of ibn Hazm's work: ^a quotation marks are...
by myths or legends, such as the mythical horses of Mohammad, known as AlKhamsa ("The Five"), claimed in legend as the foundation mares of the Arabian...
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theological works are: Sharh al-Usul al-Khamsa (Explaining the Five Principles) by al-Qadi 'Abd al-Jabbar (d. 415/1025). Al-Minhaj fi Usul al-Din (The Curriculum/Method...
known for writing mystery and children's books, including the Al Moghameron AlKhamsa adventure series. He has been referred to as the Godfather of Egyptian...
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England by Wilfred and Lady Anne Blunt in 1891. He is recognized as an AlKhamsa Arabian, with verifiable lineage tracing to the Bedouin of the desert...
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