Mabrouk Manial

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Mabrouk Manial was a grey stallion by Saklawi II, born in 1912 at the Manial stables of Prince Mohammed Ali in Egypt.
Mabrouk Manial's dam was Tarfa, a grey Koheylah Mimriyeh who traced to Freiha El Hamra, a desert bred mare of bay color. Freiha El Hamra was imported to Egypt by Prince Ahmad Kamal in the late 1880's.
Tarfa also produced Hadban, a half-brother to Mabrouk Manial. Through Tarfa, Mabrouk Manial came from the same strain than Mansour who sired the legendary Nazeer.
Although Mabrouk Manial sired only nine foals, especially his daughters were exceptional breeding individuals.
His daughters included Bint Radia, Sabah, Saada and Mahroussa, one of the most photographed mares of her time.
Bint Radia produced the stallions Hamdan and Shahloul and the mares Zamzam and Samira.
The daughter Sabah was well-known by her daughter Bint Sabah and her daughters Bint Bint Sabah and Bukra who founded their own families in and outside Egypt.
The grey Mahroussa was the most influential of all Mabrouk Manial daughters outside Egypt. She was the dam of Fadl and Zarife and dam of Maaroufa anf HH Mohammed Ali's Hamama.
Fadl and Maaroufa became foundation stock at Babson Farms in the United States while Zarife and HH Mohammed Ali's Hamama became part of the WR Brown breeding program, also in the U.S.
Although his daughters were very profilic, Mabrouk Manial sons should also be named.
With Negma, he produced the stallions Zafifan and Jasir. Latter was foundation stallion at German State Stud of Marbach. Both were full-brothers to previously mentioned Mahroussa.
Mabrouk Manial also sired the stallions Awad and Baiyad.
Awad was the great-grandsire of Moniet El Nefous while Baiyad was an excellent broodmare sire producing Bint Binr Sabah and Samha.
Mabrouk Manial's last foals were born in 1925 when he was 13 years old. In 1927, he was tranferred to R.A.S. Mabrouk Manial died at the age of 21 in 1933.