El Shahbaa was one of the foundation mares at the Inshass Stud of King Fuad I of Egypt. He purchased the mare in 1931 by Mohammed Ibrahim Al Hag, a native of Jordan. The mare was grey and she was foaled in 1925 at the Royal Stud in Jordan, owned by King Abdullah I of Jordan. Her sire was El Hamdani El Nasiri, a Hamdani Stallion of the City Nasiriyah and her dam was Abaya Umm Ejeres (the Egyptian spelling is: El Obeya Om Grees). She is the ancestress of the well-known Bint Magidaa and Hanan dam lines.
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