Desert Bred - Saudi Arabia
Strain: Saqlawi Ubayri
Ancestral Elements - Hamidie 100.0%
Bred by Abd al-Karim of the Bani Khalid (Bedouins - Saudi Arabia)
Imported to USA by the Hamidie Society in 1893 for the Chicago Worlds Fair
Purchased by Peter Bradley, Hingham, Massachusetts at the Tattersalls dispersal sale
Later owned by Homer Davenport, Morris Plains, New Jersey
He sired 7 registered purebred Arabian foals, 4 fillies and 3 colts.
A Foundation Horse (Early American, CMK, Al Khamsa)
In 1908 when *Obeyran was 19, he was sold to Eleanor Gates, Alma, California. Miss Gates later married Richard Walton Tully. The group price for the seven Arabians included in the purchase was $16, 700.
Biography and photo gallery at Crabbet.com