Tee
March 2, 2026, Photo © Gudrun Waiditschka
Tee
In the long and carefully guarded history of the Egyptian State Stud at El Zahraa Stud, certain mares rise beyond the role of broodmare and become symbols of an era. Among them stood the grey mare Tee.
Foaled in March 1995. Tee was born at El Zahraa. She was sired by Adl, an important representative of the classic Egyptian sire lines, and out of Bint Ibtisam, whose tail-female heritage traces directly to the legendary Moniet El Nefous. Through this dam line, Tee carried one of the most treasured maternal families in Egyptian breeding — a lineage renowned for elegance, femininity, and prepotency.
Her pedigree further consolidated the great pillars of Egyptian blood. Influences such as Ikhnatoon (by Farazdac - Alaa El Din) and Akthal (by Amurlla - Sid Abohoum) appear within her ancestry,. Tee was not an experimental blend of fashion lines; she was the embodiment of established Egyptian heritage.
At El Zahraa, Tee matured into a mare of extraordinary presence. Visitors and breeders alike came to recognize her refined head, dark, luminous eyes, and the unmistakable aristocratic carriage that defines the best of the Straight Egyptian Arabian. Even as she advanced in age, she retained her dryness of structure and distinctive type. For this combination of beauty and influence, she came to be affectionately known as the “Queen of El Zahraa.”
Yet Tee’s importance rests not only in phenotype, but in production. Over the course of a long and productive life, she proved herself a broodmare of lasting consequence.
Her most celebrated son was Tagweed (by Gad Allah), foaled in 2004. Tagweed rose to become chief sire at El Zahraa, assuming a central role within the state breeding program. Widely admired for his classic Egyptian type, he transmitted refinement, balance, and a strong adherence to traditional phenotype. His influence extended well beyond Egypt through exported offspring and international demand for his blood. His untimely death in 2018 at only fourteen years of age, due to complications from a tumour, was felt deeply within the Straight Egyptian breeding community. Nevertheless, through his sons and daughters, Tagweed's legacy continues to shape modern Egyptian pedigrees.
A year prior to Tagweed’s birth, Tee produced Toya El Zahraa (2003), a full sister to Tagweed, also by Gad Allah. Toya’s quality was quickly recognized, and she was exported to Al Rayyan Stud in Qatar — a move that signaled her international value. Through her, Tee’s maternal influence extended into one of the Middle East’s most prominent breeding programs.
Earlier, in 1999, Tee foaled Bashashah (by Rashdan), who was later sold to Bait Al Arab in Kuwait, further expanding the geographic reach of Tee’s produce.
Her later daughters remained integral to the El Zahraa program. Tayees (by El Ragel), foaled in 2011, and Nefertiti El Zahraa (by Gad Allah) were retained as broodmares, ensuring that Tee’s tail-female line continues within the state stud itself.
Tee died in 2020 at the age of 25.
Foaled in March 1995. Tee was born at El Zahraa. She was sired by Adl, an important representative of the classic Egyptian sire lines, and out of Bint Ibtisam, whose tail-female heritage traces directly to the legendary Moniet El Nefous. Through this dam line, Tee carried one of the most treasured maternal families in Egyptian breeding — a lineage renowned for elegance, femininity, and prepotency.
Her pedigree further consolidated the great pillars of Egyptian blood. Influences such as Ikhnatoon (by Farazdac - Alaa El Din) and Akthal (by Amurlla - Sid Abohoum) appear within her ancestry,. Tee was not an experimental blend of fashion lines; she was the embodiment of established Egyptian heritage.
At El Zahraa, Tee matured into a mare of extraordinary presence. Visitors and breeders alike came to recognize her refined head, dark, luminous eyes, and the unmistakable aristocratic carriage that defines the best of the Straight Egyptian Arabian. Even as she advanced in age, she retained her dryness of structure and distinctive type. For this combination of beauty and influence, she came to be affectionately known as the “Queen of El Zahraa.”
Yet Tee’s importance rests not only in phenotype, but in production. Over the course of a long and productive life, she proved herself a broodmare of lasting consequence.
Her most celebrated son was Tagweed (by Gad Allah), foaled in 2004. Tagweed rose to become chief sire at El Zahraa, assuming a central role within the state breeding program. Widely admired for his classic Egyptian type, he transmitted refinement, balance, and a strong adherence to traditional phenotype. His influence extended well beyond Egypt through exported offspring and international demand for his blood. His untimely death in 2018 at only fourteen years of age, due to complications from a tumour, was felt deeply within the Straight Egyptian breeding community. Nevertheless, through his sons and daughters, Tagweed's legacy continues to shape modern Egyptian pedigrees.
A year prior to Tagweed’s birth, Tee produced Toya El Zahraa (2003), a full sister to Tagweed, also by Gad Allah. Toya’s quality was quickly recognized, and she was exported to Al Rayyan Stud in Qatar — a move that signaled her international value. Through her, Tee’s maternal influence extended into one of the Middle East’s most prominent breeding programs.
Earlier, in 1999, Tee foaled Bashashah (by Rashdan), who was later sold to Bait Al Arab in Kuwait, further expanding the geographic reach of Tee’s produce.
Her later daughters remained integral to the El Zahraa program. Tayees (by El Ragel), foaled in 2011, and Nefertiti El Zahraa (by Gad Allah) were retained as broodmares, ensuring that Tee’s tail-female line continues within the state stud itself.
Tee died in 2020 at the age of 25.