From our Arieana Notebook: We have little information in our Notebook on the actual circumstances surrounding the life and times of Mahomet, and if you have some information to share with us, we'd love to post it here. We do however have this photo (below) which we hope you will enjoy, courtesy of Eva Danø.

Reading from left to right, Mahomet is identified as the 9th horse (2nd from the right); the occasion was the Arabian Costume Class at the Indiana State Fair in 1938 ~ one of the first Bedouin (Native) Costume Classes. His rider at this time was Max Bonham. We do know that at some time in Mahomet's life his ownership transferred to Jackson K. Landers, Indianapolis, Indiana, and that Mahomet's contributions as a sire were considered important by those within the Dean/Midwest Circles of the CMK Heritage foundation breeding programs. We at Arieana Arabians love to compare these two photos with those of his great grandson Tamarlane and much appreciate the qualities we see inherited from both horses in our gorgeous and capable riding and doing CMK Heritage horses of today. See also Sharik's Sun, Mahomet's gorgeous Palomino great grandson descending out of his daughter Bint Narma's daughter.

Pedigree of Mahomet AHR #729

From our Arieana Notebook: Makina was a straight Davenport mare descending on all lines of her pedigree directly from horses imported to the United States by Homer Davenport in 1906. She was renown for her running speed!

Jay Meyers, writing in tribute to Makina's son Alla Amarward, mentions that Makina had at one time gone through ice and as a result had badly scarred legs. These scars were unsightly to the extent that her owner talked of having her destroyed. However, Makina, like most Arabian mares, had many friends. One in particular [name not given] interceded for her, playing up the fact she had been bred to Stambul and was possibly in foal. Makina was then thankfully spared and did foal, and that resulting foal was the incomparable Alla Amarward. (The Arabian Horse News, May 1962, as shared with us by Windwalker)

Pedigree of Makina AHR #450

From our Arieana Notebook: Masyra was noted as a champion mare, dam of champions, and dam of champion producing daughters as written in a personal communication to us from David Bracker of Aldachar Arabians dated April 18, 2004.

Pedigree of Masyra AHR #1778