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DOITICStICGtIOIf’ byGertrudeW Hinsch, Ph.D. ©
Forty or fifty years ago, newcomers to the saluki/tazi breed
learned that the sighthound called the saluki by the Arabs in the
Middle East was the same hound called the tazi in those countries
along the Silk Roads in which the language was Farsi. The English
also called this hound a Persian greyhound. Today owners of
salukis think that they are probably different from the tazi.
Most are familiar with members of the breed being called El Hor,
AlHurr as associated with the nomadic tribes of the Middle East.
The earliest of the imports entered into the registries in Europe and
then the United States generally came from areas within the British
profectorates. The same hounds within the French protectorates
ultimately became known as the sloughi. Much of what has become
the legend of the breed can be traced to ancient art and legend.
Though oral histories and ancient art give us some idea of more
recent history of the breed, we will here devote our attention to the
early origin of canines and specifically the saluki/tazi.
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10 7.4 4
million million million
years ago years ago years ago
o have arisen from
ditionally, it was
bulldog
Newlfoundiand
@
Great Dane
Q Oriental 10y dogs
Onental spaniels
: ; Chow Chow
European spitz T .
/ ‘ native Amerncan dogs
Archc spilz
Fig.2: Possible breed origins from various wolf species. Morey, 1994.
breeds emerg
using the mifs
ancient/Asian modern/hunting
tzu
Irish wolfhound
Saint Bernard
greyhound
Belgian sheepdog
Belgian tervuren
borzoi
collie
Shetland sheepdog
pug
komondor
whippet
standard poodle
bichon frise
keeshond
Manchester terrier
Norwegian elkhound
Kuvasz
great Dane
Welsh springer spaniel
Doberman pinscher
rd schné
alian greyhound
old English sheepdog
American water spaniel
ninmature schnauze
Australian terrier
English cocker spanie
Insh setter
West Highland white terrier
pointer
basset hound
Cavalier King Charles spanie
giant schnauzer
pharaoh hound
golden retr
beagle
bicodhound
Airedale terrie
American cocker spanie
American hairless terrier
Chesapeake Bay retriever
cairn terr
Portuguese water dog
German shorthaired pointer
border collie
Bedlington terrier
Clumber spaniel
Ibizan h
Rhodesian ridgeback
dachshund
Australian shepherd
chihuahua
Kerry blue terrier
schipperke
Irish terrier
flal coated retriever
soft coated wheaten terrier
pomeranian
Labrador retriever
presa canario
rottweiler
‘ builmastiff
© Newfoundland
German shepherd dog
French bulldog
miniature bull terrier
/C hysical separation
etween the old and the newly
orming species. What might be a
4 million
years ago
dogs were prob
wolves, h
from that occupie
Size reduction
tails would have
distinguidsoh
distances. Today
defensive pose
canid with hang
ears like the G
while being very
seeing the curled ta
They are very consci
~ between
side-striped jackal
v
black-backed jackal —
goldeh jackal
dog
B greywolf —
coyote
Ethiopian wolf —
dhole
‘ African wild dog
WOLF — Canis lupus
DOMESTIC DOG — Canis familiaris
Fig.5: Divergence of wolf and domestic dog.
Chinese Shar-Pei
Shiba Inu
] Chow Chow
Lo
Basenj
Siberian Husky
Alaskan Malamute
Afghan Hound
Saluki
“”””””””” == All other breeds
Fig.6: Clade of ancient dogs from Parker, et al. 2004.
Movays
Zamiys
Khartoun
SUDAM
*pendulon’efa rs Th
| groups, herding, hunting i
guardinga re believed
breeds recognized today which
probably originated within the last:
three-four hundred years.
Peking
M A
Datian
Chungking®
Au
n western
Presa Canario
Rottweiler
Bullmastiff
Newfoundland
German Shepherd Dog
French Bulldog
stralian Shepherd§, Miniature Bull Terrier
Rhodesian Ridgeback
Irish Terrier
| Bedlington Terrier
Pointer | Kerry Blue Terrier
Irish Setter
ter), F
Welsh Springer Spaniel ¢
Cocker Spaniel
American Cocker Spaniel
American Water Spaniel
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
Chesapeake Bay Retriever
Golden Retriever
Portuguese Water Dog
Miniature Schnauzer
Standard Schnauzer
Giant Schnauzer
American Hairless Terrier
West Highland White Terrier
Cairn Terrier
Australian Terrier
Airedale Terrier
Doberman Pinscher
Italian Greyhound
Ibizan Hound
Pharaoh Hound
Old English Sheepdog
Border Collie
Schipperke
Beagle
Basset Hound
Bloodhound
\\ Soft Coated Wheaten Terric
lat-Coated Retriever
Labrador Retriever
Chihuahua
Pomeranian
P %Q;:hshund
Pug
Bichon Frise
Standard Poodle
Whippet
Manchester Terrier
Keeshond
Norwegian Elkhound
‘ Komondor
Kuvasz
Great Dane
Tibetan Terrier
Afghan Hound
Saluki
Bulldog
Boxer
Mastiff
Saint Bernard
Bernese Mountain Dog
Greater Swiss Mountain
Dog
Irish Wolfhound
&g Greyhound
Borzoi
] Belgian Sheepdog
Belgian Tervuren
Collie
Shetland Sheepdog
Samoyed
Lhasa Apso .
Pekingese
Shih Tzu
Akita
Shiba Inu
Chow Chow
Chinese Shar-Pei
Siberian Husky
Basenji
Fig. 8 Diagram of the relationships between the breeds of the
four groups identified by mt DNA. Parker, et al. 2004
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Sire: Ch Mabrooka Jayid Dam: Ch Caryna Hera JW
Rudi has again been placed well this year with numerous BOBs at Open Shows, a Reserve Best in
Show at Tyne Wear & Tees Hound Show, but our young man also gained 2CCs, Darlington under
Mrs MacDonald and Driffield under Mr Spencer-Bolland. Many thanks to all th judges who have
thought so highly of him.
Adored and owned by Linda & Des Stuart and Denise Garratt