"Selected by the Cria Caballar’s second buying commission in Syria, he was imported in 1905. Ab was the grandsire of Siria and is thus found in the pedigrees of every descendant of the Zulima family including all horses tracing to the Draper imports.
     Although Ab sired only three purebred foals, one of them was his daughter Oriental (ex Zulima), chestnut 1907, who produced Siria (by Nowik) a chestnut mare foaled in 1915, and she was, in turn, the dam of both *Meca and *Menfis, two mares that need no introduction.  Likewise, Siria's lineage thought her daughter Beni-Amer is important.
     Her son Fabuloso (maternal grandsire of *Zurhama de Washoe) and granddaughters *Palabrita and *Rabadilla established strong lines in Spain, America, and elsewhere.  Siria also was the dam of Sirio III (1925 chestnut stallion), one of the senior sires for the Duke of Veragua.  
     Because of the Civil War, it is technically impossible to trace the lines of all his descendants.  Therefore, we will never know just how profound his bloodlines were in shaping the modern Spainsh family.  However, his daughter Sara certainly rates as one of Spain's all-time most significant broodmares, having produced four daughters for the Yeguada Militar, including Famula and Habladuria."
A. K. S.