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Here at Arabian Horse World, we love working on our annual “Around the World”issue — the sneak preview of show winners from exotic locales, a chance to walk the bam aisles, if only in our mind’s eye, of stables from Majorca to Doha and Sao Paulo, the colorfid stamps, the beautiful arid lilting accents on the telephone, the many languages that converge in our offices to express the one thing we all share: that the Arabian horse has a place in our lives. Sometimes a lovely gem like the package we received from Amir Ali Sardar arrives at our door. From ancient Persia his simple tale unfolds. Through generations of a family, across the vast geography of earth and soul, the Arabian horse moves to connect memories with dreams. We wish all of you the happiest of holidays.
S iiaii A r a b i a n s By Amir Ali Sardar Looking back, I suppose, the passion for horses, and in particular Arabs was a natural outcome of my family life and background. Being Iranian and descending from the nomadic Qajar tribe, atavism may have had much to do with my resurgent passion for horses. Persians have always been great breeders of horses and right up to my early adolescence the pride and joy of my family was their horses. Some of my first memories revolve around the annual summer camp of my family. Fleeing the torrid heat of Tehran, under the snow-covered peaks of the towering Alborz mountains, cool, cavernous tents, decorated with exuberant tribal motifs, would be set up under the shade of the verdant plane trees and within earshot of some murmuring stream. The chaffing and neighing of horses tied up under delicate poplar trees aligning the crystal-clear waters of the stream, the galloping hooves as the horses disappeared into the arid mountain passes for the day’s hunt, or their tired and dusty return at sunset, were ever-present sounds, which ordained the blissful rhythm of those summer months. 6 • ARABIAN HORSE WORLD ■ DECEMBER 97