ARABIAN HORSE

breed of light horse developed in Mesopotamia and N Africa, and probably the first true domesticated breed. Prized since earliest times for its superior beauty, spirit, speed, grace of movement, stamina, and intelligence, the Arabian has served as parental stock for such light-weight horses as the American saddle horse, quarter horse, Standardbred horse, and the Thoroughbred. Intercrossings of these and other light and draft horse breeds with Arabians is still common. The Arabian's most characteristic color is bay with white markings; grays, chestnuts, and browns are also common. It averages 14 to 15 hands (56–60 in./140–150 cm) high and weighs about 1,000 lb (450 kg).

____________________

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright© 2004, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.

-2500-

Top...
Search the Library
Books
Journals
Magazines
Newspapers
Encyclopedia
Advanced Search
About Questia
Questia is the world's largest online academic library offering full-text books, journals, and articles on thousands of topics.

Join Now...
Questia Books and Articles on: Arabian Horse
We found: 7885 results
By media type:
 

Books:

 

7397  

 

Journal articles:

 

111  

 

Magazine articles:

 

98  

 

Newspaper articles:

 

267  

 

Encyclopedia articles:

 

12  
 

books on: Arabian Horse  - 7397 results

       More book Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
New Arabian Studies - Vol. 5
Book by G. Rex Smith, J. R. Smart, B. R. Pridham; University of Exeter Press, 2000
Subjects: Arabian Peninsula--History, Social Sciences--Arabian Peninsula
NEW ARABIAN STUDIES 5 NEW ARABIAN STUDIES 5 EDITED BY G. REX SMITH J.R. SMART AND...Documents Hussein Abdullah al-Amri 1 Erythraean Ichthyophagi: Arabian Fish-eaters Observed William J Donaldson 7 The Ibex Hunt...
2.
New Arabian Studies - Vol. 1
Book by R. B. Serjeant, R. L. Bidwell, G. Rex Smith; University of Exeter Press, 1993
Subjects: Arabian Peninsula--History, Social Sciences--Arabian Peninsula
...garalayn The guarantors like a thoroughbred horse, and his face is but two fingers wide...compare a proper guarantor to a thoroughbred horse (a%11?, who needs little prodding to...the spectre of Italian ambitions in the Arabian Peninsula. The ldrisi Amir achieved...
3.
New Arabian Studies - Vol. 4
Book by G. Rex Smith, J. R. Smart, B. R. Pridham; University of Exeter Press, 1997
Subjects: Arabian Peninsula--History, Social Sciences--Arabian Peninsula
NEW ARABIAN STUDIES 4 NEW ARABIAN STUDIES 4 EDITED BY G. REX SMITH J.R. SMART AND...al-Mansur al-Kathiri, 1351/1932 Mikhail Rodionov 196 The Arabian Gulf in Syriac Sources Hamad Bin Seray 205 The Native...
4.
New Arabian Studies - Vol. 3
Book by G. Rex Smith, J. R. Smart, B. R. Pridham; University of Exeter Press, 1996
Subjects: Arabian Peninsula--History, Social Sciences--Arabian Peninsula
NEW ARABIAN STUDIES 3 NEW ARABIAN STUDIES 3 EDITED BY G. REX SMITH J.R. SMART AND...Unpublished Document Husayn Abd All h al-Amr 1 The Arabian Travels of Johann Wild Charles Beckingham 8 Early Islamic...
5.
New Arabian Studies - Vol. 2
Book by R. L. Bidwell, G. Rex Smith, J. R. Smart; University of Exeter Press, 1994
Subjects: Arabian Peninsula--History, Social Sciences--Arabian Peninsula
NEW ARABIAN STUDIES 2 NEW ARABIAN STUDIES 2 EDITED BY R.L. BIDWELL G. REX SMITH AND...that of Dr Robin Bidwell. He was also a Founding Editor of Arabian Studies and of New Arabian Studies, for both of which he had...
More book Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

journal articles on: Arabian Horse  - 111 results

       More journal Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
Motifs in the Arabian Nights and in Ancient and Medieval European Literature: A Comparison
Journal article by Christa A. Tuczay; Folklore, Vol. 116, 2005
Subjects: Arabian Nights (Folk tale)--Criticism and interpretation, Folk literature--Criticism and interpretation, Folklore--Criticism and interpretation
...they can carry off a horse and its rider. Their...figure of the flying horse and other automatic devices featured in The Arabian Nights, but also to numerous...into the sea. The flying horse falls down, living dolls...Another motif shared by The Arabian Nights and medieval romances...
2.
The Bloody Shouldered Arabian and Early Modern English Culture
Journal article by Donna Landry; Criticism, Vol. 46, 2004
Subjects: British culture--Analysis, British culture--History, England--Social aspects, English history--Analysis, English history--Social aspects, United Kingdom--History
...when a superior kind of horse, the Arabian blood horse, became widely...out how distinctly not Arabian or Eastern the Dukes horse is, observing that "if...for the Bloody Shouldered Arabians portrait, but other horse portraits were billed at...
3.
Trade and State in the Arabian Seas: A Survey from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century
Journal article by R. J. Barendse; Journal of World History, Vol. 2, 2000
Subjects: World History
...mortality throughout, see The Arabian Seas , pp. 25ff. As they were...households were derived from horse and cattle traders who had invested...in fact quite common in the Arabian seas and not merely on the...were still the domains of the horse-mounted archer. In explaining...
4.
Trade and State in the Arabian Seas: a Survey from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century
Journal article by Goldstone; Journal of World History, Vol. 11, 2000
Subjects: World History--Periodicals
...mortality throughout, see The Arabian Seas , pp. 25ff. As they were...households were derived from horse--and cattle--traders who had...in fact quite common in the Arabian seas and not merely on the...were still the domains of the horse-mounted archer. In explaining...
5.
The Foreign Office and Anglo-Italian Involvement in the Red Sea and Arabia, 1925-28
Journal article by Christian W.E. Tripodi; Canadian Journal of History, Vol. 42, 2007
Subjects: Arabian Peninsula--International relations, British foreign relations--Political aspects, Italian foreign relations--Political aspects, Red Sea--International relations
...any European power from the Arabian shores of the Red Sea, and...Yemen, it needed a stalking horse, a job for which Italy was...yet the lack of any fixed Arabian policy had created a situation...Gasparinis departure had been his Arabian policy and that time would...
More journal Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

magazine articles on: Arabian Horse  - 98 results

       More magazine Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
Lady Anne Blunt 1837-1917 Granddaughter of the Poet Lord Byron, Lady Anne Blunt Was the First European Woman to Explore Central Arabia, and Is Considered the Saviour of the Pure-Blood Arabian Horse
Magazine article; Geographical, Vol. 76, May 2004
Subjects: Arabian horse--19th century AD, Arabian horses--19th century AD, Blunt, Anne, Lady--Biography, Geographers--19th century AD, Geographers--Biography
...Saviour of the Pure-Blood Arabian Horse. What is her background...with a culture where "a horse is prized above all else...the preservation of the Arabian breed, whose pure-blood...genealogy and breeding of the Arabian horse. Sadly, the book remained...
2.
Arabian Chest: Once the Property of the Wife of the Third Sultan of Zanzibar
Magazine article; Geographical, Vol. 80, November 2008
Subjects: Antiquities--Collections and collecting, Chests (Furniture)--Collections and collecting, Chests--Collections and collecting, Royalty--Equipment and supplies, al-Busaid, Sayyida Moza--Equipment and supplies
...many were originally constructed in India and were used by the Arabian captains who sailed their ships across the Indian Ocean. While...England, where he was entertained by Queen Victoria, watched horse racing at Ascot and enjoyed a fireworks display laid on for...
3.
Horse Whisperers: Amy Taubin on Zoo
Magazine article by Amy Taubin; Artforum International, Vol. 45, May 2007
Subjects: Devor, Robinson--Criticism and interpretation, Devor, Robinson--Works, Filmmakers--Criticism and interpretation, Filmmakers--Works, Movie directors--Criticism and interpretation, Movie directors--Works, Zoo (Motion picture)--Criticism and interpretation
...who was fucked to death by a horse, one is obliged at some point...of an average-size guy and an Arabian stallion many times his weight...in the press as "The Enumclaw Horse Sex Incident" largely from the...zoophiles who regularly met at a horse farm outside Enumclaw, a rural...
4.
Hero + Horse = Hidalgo!
Magazine article by Josh Larsen; The American Enterprise, Vol. 15, April 2004
Subjects: Hidalgo--Movie reviews, Hollywood, California, Motion pictures--Movie reviews, Walt Disney Co.--Product information
...movie focuses on a 3,000-mile horse race across the sands of the Arabian Desert. Hopkins, played by Viggo...part Native American, making horse and master half-breed brothers...rough hewn upstart with her own horse. Mortensen was one of the...
5.
Retracing the Incense Route
Magazine article by Charles Hoots; The Middle East, February 1993
Subjects: Arabian Peninsula--Economic aspects, Incense--Economic aspects, Trade routes--History
...and Dhofar. Himyar was aided in its frequent wars with other south Arabian kingdoms by the introduction of the horse into the Arabian Peninsula in the first or second century AD. Himyars close contact with the Romans in the Red Sea region assured...
More magazine Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

newspaper articles on: Arabian Horse  - 267 results

       More newspaper Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>  
 
1.
Horse Racing: Arabian Gulf Set to Test Classic Claims
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), August 14, 2007
Subjects: Cellular telephone services, Cellular telephone services industry, Horse racing, Horse-racing, Vodafone Group PLC
Horse Racing: Arabian Gulf Set to Test Classic Claims. Byline: BY CHRIS WRIGHT CHESTER Vase runner-up Arabian Gulf is set to return to the track a week...owner-breeder Khalid Abdullah, said: "Arabian Gulf had a half-speed on Saturday and...
2.
'Cool Head on Young Shoulders' Sees Ceri, 17, Win at Ffos Las; Arabian Meet's 'Brilliant' Ride on Dancing Grace
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), June 30, 2009
Subjects: Horse racing, Horse-racing
...having her first ride on the flat at the first ever Arabian horse race meeting to be held at Ffos Las Racecourse last...pounds 8,000 in prize money." Next Saturday, July 4, Arabian horse racing takes place at Hereford racecourse. Meanwhile...
3.
Horse Racing: Gleam's Newbury Assignment
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), August 15, 2007
Subjects: Horse racing, Horse-racing
Horse Racing: Gleams Newbury Assignment...the soft side but stable companion Arabian Gleam is set to take his chance. The...the ground was on the soft side. "Arabian Gleam will take his chance in the...Collins-trained juvenile looked a horse to follow after winning his first...
4.
Your Horse-by-Horse Guide to the Runners
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), June 1, 2007
Subjects: Horse racing, Horse-racing, Runners (Sports)
...CHEKHOV (Aidan OBrien) Another OBrien horse who has left his seasonal debut form well...he may be a little too inexperienced 9 ARABIAN GULF (Sir Michael Stoute) Imposing individual...ordinary Salisbury contest (fourth placed horse since beaten in a Thirsk maiden) last...
5.
Horse Racing: DOUBLE IS ON; Newmarket Star George Targets a Guineas Repeat
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), May 26, 2006
Subjects: Frozen foods industry, Horse racing, Horse-racing, Newmarket
Horse Racing: DOUBLE IS ON; Newmarket Star George Targets a Guineas...1992) and Rock Of Gibraltar (2002). Aidan OBrien has left Arabian Prince (Colm ODonoghue), Hurricane Cat (Seamus Heffernan...Boylesports Irish 2,000 Guineas are: Araafa (Alan Munro) Arabian Prince (Colm ODonoghue) Caribbean (Fran Berry) Crookhaven...
More newspaper Results: 1-10 11-20 21-30 31-40 41-50 >>

Top...
 

encyclopedia articles on: Arabian Horse  - 12 results

       More encyclopedia Results: 1-10 11-12 >>  
 
1.
Arabian Horse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ARABIAN HORSE breed of light horse...and intelligence, the Arabian has served as parental...the American saddlebred horse , quarter horse , Standardbred...other light and draft horse breeds with Arabians is still common. The Arabians...
2.
Quarter Horse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
QUARTER HORSE American breed of light horse that originated during the colonial era, partly from Arabian ancestry (see Arabian horse ). The name refers to the horses reputation for speed at the quarter-mile...
3.
Percheron Horse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PERCHERON HORSE pur ch ron , breed of draft horse developed in NW France, originally of Flemish origin, but also containing some Arabian blood (see Arabian horse ). For a heavy horse, it has considerable stamina...
4.
Light Horse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...horses have their origin in the Middle East and N Africa. All modern breeds of light horse trace their origins to the Arabian horse , usually through the Thoroughbred . Light horses are classified according to training, e.g., racers, trotters, riding...
5.
Horse
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...also the most common draft horse in England. Light Horses Modern light horses, all descended in part from the Arabian horse , the oldest surviving breed of known lineage, include the Thoroughbred , celebrated as a racehorse; the American...
More encyclopedia Results: 1-10 11-12 >>

Top...
 About Questia   ::   Privacy   ::   Contact