Nisreen

photo: Crabbet Archives

Nisreen was born in 1919 and Straight Egyptian. She was a bay great granddaughter of the Blunt's foundation mare Dajania who they brought to England in 1878. Dajania's dam line survived by her only producing daughter Nefisa. Nefisa was the dam of Nisreen's dam Nasra by Daoud who spread the line of Dajania together with her half-sister Narghileh (by Mesaoud).
Through Nasra, Nisreen was half-sister to Naziri, a stallion by Skowronek who looked much like his sire and to the mare Nashisha by Rasim who brought the mare Sharima who founded her own family in the UK.
The sire of Nisreen was the bay stallion Nureddinn II by Rijm out of the Nasra's half-sister Narghileh. Nureddinn II was a very fine upstanding horse with good limbs and a nice, sloped shoulder with much presence. Lady Wenthworth used Nureddinn II carefurelly on her mares. He left a bunch of good offsprings. Among those was the stallion Ferdin and the mares Ryama, Somara, Namilla or Rifna.
Although Nisreen was not considered beautiful or typey, she brought excellent daughters of high influence that carried on the Crabbet 'I'- line which Nisreen established. But first of all her most influential son should be named here: Indian Gold by Ferhan. He sired Dancing Star, Gleaming Gold, Serafina or Silver Gilt.
Nisreen's first born daughter was Nasirieh by Skowronek who was exported to Australia along with Nisreen's son Indian Light. Unfortunately, Nasirieh failed to established her own family down under.
Nisreen's second daughter was Incoronata, full-sister to Nasirieh, who was imported by Kellogg to the United States in 1936 and founded a small family there.
Indaia by Raseem, Nisreen's third daughter, produced Indraff, foundation stallion at Bazy Tankersly's Al-Marah Stud in the US.
Indaia's full-sister Indian Crown was the most influential daughter out of Nisreen. She produced Indian Magic, British National Champion Stallion and the mare Incoronetta who was Reserve National Champion Mare in the UK in 1964 and was the dam of African Queen, Azara and Silvanetta.
In 1938 and 1939, Nisreen produced her last foals, two fillies by Irex: Indian Pride and Indian Flower. The first one brought the mare Indian Starlight and the chestnut stallion Indian King by Oran who became a good sire.