Aswan (horse)

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Breed:	Arabian
Sire:	Nazeer
Grandsire:	Mansour
Dam:	Yosreia
Maternal grandsire:	Sheikh El Arab
Sex:	Stallion
Foaled:	1958
Country:	Egypt
Color:	Gray
Breeder:	Egyptian Agricultural Organization
Owner:	Tersk Stud, Russia
Infobox last updated on: March 13, 2008.

Aswan, born 1958 in Egypt as Rafaat, died 1984, was a highly influential grey Egyptian-bred Arabian stallion who stood at the Tersk Stud in Russia. Sired by Nazeer out of Yosreia, he was given as a gift to the Soviet Union by the Egyptian government in 1963, in return for Soviet help in building the Aswan Dam.

He sired 296 foals over 19 seasons, some of whom were exported to Europe and Australia.

A life-size commemorative bronze statue of him stands at the entrance of Tersk Stud.

His maternal great-great grandsire, Sotamm, was a horse of bloodlines all tracing to the horses imported by Wilfrid and Lady Anne Blunt from stud of Ali Pasha Sherif. Sotamm was born in England, and then sold to the Egyptian government by Lady Wentworth of the Crabbet Arabian Stud.

[edit] Pedigree

Gamil Manial (RAS)

Mansour (RAS)

Nafaa El Sahira (RAS)

Nazeer (RAS)

Kazmeen (RAS)

Bint Samiha (RAS)

Samiha (RAS)

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Mansour (RAS)

Sheikh El Arab (RAS)

Bint Sabah (RAS)

Yosreia (RAS)

Ibn Rabdan (RAS)

Hind(RAS)

Bint Rustem (RAS)