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I've never heard of any such markings for Bedouin horses. Most Bedouin 
families wouldn't have had very many I suspect because the grazing in 
much of the peninsula isn't up to having herds of horses. So just like 
they kept track of their kids, they probably kept track of their 
horses. We don't brand any horses here either other than the stamps 
that the EAO and the private studs use. The most that I've seen on 
camels is markings shaved into the hair. Maybe they did that.

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani
Cairo, Egypt
www.alsorat.com
miloflamingo.blogspot.com

"The trail is the thing, not the end of the trail. Travel too fast and 
you miss all you are traveling for"  Louis L'Amour


On Sunday, Sep 19, 2004, at 20:57 Africa/Cairo, Amy Cieri wrote:

> Hi Maryanne,
> Do you know if there were any permanent markings used by the Bedouins 
> to identify their horses? A recent thread on ridecamp dealt with 
> freeze branding. After some research on freeze branding it looks like 
> you can go in 2 directions, make your own brand and register it or 
> have a company use their own registered combination of numbers and 
> symbols.  I'm curious if historically, branding or some other form of 
> marking was used by nomads to claim their horses.
> I lost a horse 7 years ago at a ride in Ft. Valley, VA and after no 
> trace of her for days most thought she was stolen. This has weighed 
> heavily on me that I had no way to call the auctions to give them a 
> visible permanent mark to positively identify her. I think it would be 
> nice to use a symbol rather than the standard marking of the neck so I 
> can think of no one closer to the source to find out if there was such 
> a thing done in nomadic groups.
>
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