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  Arabian Sea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Arabian Sea is the part of the Indian Ocean between the Arabian Peninsula and India.
The maximum width of the Arabian Sea is approximately 2,400 km, and its maximum depth is 4,652 metres, in the Arabian Basin approximately at the same latitude as the southernmost tip of India.
The countries with coastlines on the Arabian Sea are India, Iran, Oman, Pakistan, Yemen, United Arab Emirates (UAE), Somalia and the Maldives.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arabian_Sea   (167 words)

  
 Arabian Home Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Arabian horse was primarily an instrument of war, as were horses in general in most societies of the time.
The Arabian gentleness and tractability, while originally the effect of education, is now inherited, and is observed in foals bred in a foreign environment.
The Arabian breed is different in that it does not exist as a result of selective breeding, as were other modern light breeds.
www.imh.org /imh/bw/arabian.html   (4091 words)

  
 Breeds of Livestock - Arabian Horse   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Arabian was also bred to withstand long treks across the desert and the tribal wars which sometimes followed such trips.
The Byerly Turk, Darley Arabian and Godolphin Arabian are conspicuous in English Thoroughbred pedigrees.
Today, Arabians are found throughout the world and the blood of Arabians flows in all breeds of light horses.
www.ansi.okstate.edu /breeds/horses/arabian   (351 words)

  
 Arabian Oryx - Links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Arabian Wildlife, that was primarily a magazine edited by the NCWCD, has become a website packed with interesting features, on a wide range of topics.
It is responsible for the captive breeding and reintroduction programmes for the Arabian oryx in Jordan.
By 1990, the number of Arabian oryx had increased to over 1300 including 112 captive bred ones which were reintroduced back to the wild in preserves in their native lands.
www.arabian-oryx.com /links.htm   (1589 words)

  
 JewishEncyclopedia.com - ARABIAN NIGHTS:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
De Goeje has suggested that the framework story of the whole collection, in which the queen Shahrazad averts execution by telling tales for one thousand and one nights, is the same story as that of the Biblical book of Esther.
Perles, in a series of papers contributed to "Monatsschrift" (xxii.), has pointed out that several of the stories of the "Arabian Nights"—mainly those taken from the Cairene additions—deal with Jewish topics or are derived from Jewish sources.
Chauvin, in a special treatise on the Egyptian recension of "One Thousand and One Nights" (Brussels, 1899), has suggested that these Jewish tales and others were introduced by one of the last redactors, a converted Jew, probably the author of the "Story of a Man of Jerusalem," sometimes attributed to Abraham, son of Maimonides.
www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=1684&letter=A   (528 words)

  
 IPABRA "Bloodlines" : The Arabian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Arabians reach their prime around 20 years of age, while most horses are already into their late years.
Arabians have left their mark as Western Pleasure horses, Reining and Stock horses, and in the English arena as well, demonstrating competitiveness as dressage horses and jumpers.
The registry dictates that colors of the Arabian horse, as recorded in the booklet The Arabian Horse, are fl, bay, chestnut, grey, and roan.
www.ipabra.org /newsletter/volume05/issue05/arabian.php   (1153 words)

  
 Animal Info - Arabian Oryx
Prior to its extinction in the wild, it is believed to have occurred in flat and undulating gravel plains intersected by shallow wadis and depressions, and the dunes edging sand deserts, with a diverse vegetation of trees, shrubs, herbs, and grasses.
The Arabian oryx is believed to have occurred in flat and undulating gravel plains intersected by shallow wadis and depressions, and the dunes edging sand deserts, with a diverse vegetation of trees, shrubs, herbs, and grasses.
Genetic analyses of the re-introduced Omani population of Arabian oryx in 1995 confirmed that the re-introduced population did not carry all of the genetic variation of the aboriginal population.
www.animalinfo.org /species/artiperi/oryxleuc.htm   (1434 words)

  
 Darley Arabian
A Champion Sire in 1722, the Darley Arabian remained at Aldby Park, with the exception of a season spent with the Duke of Leedes in exchange for a prize bull, until his death.
Darley Arabian Mare, bred by Sir William Ramsden and later owned by the Duke of Bolton, she was the dam of the Duke's Bonny Lass (b.f.
1711 (Darley Arabian - Coneyskins' Dam by Jigg).
www.bloodlines.net /TB/Bios/DarleyArabian.htm   (2393 words)

  
 Arabian Sea --  Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It is bounded to the west by the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, to the north by Iran and Pakistan, to the east by India, and to the south by the remainder of the Indian...
submarine basin of the southern Arabian Sea, rising to meet the submerged Carlsberg Ridge to the south, the Maldive Islands to the southeast, India and Pakistan to the northeast, Iran to the north, and the Arabian Peninsula to the west.
In the story of the fifth voyage of Sinbad the Sailor in the collection Arabian Nights, a character known as the Old Man of the Sea begs Sinbad to carry him across a brook and then refuses to be dislodged from his shoulders.
www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9355654?tocId=9355654   (910 words)

  
 United States Equestrian Federation, Inc : Eq Sports : Breeds : Arabian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
From the ancient deserts of the Middle East evolved the oldest known breed of riding horse, the Arabian.
In 1908, the Arabian Horse Club of America was formed (today known as the Arabian Horse Association) and the first stud book published.
Some of the larger Arabian events in the United States include the U.S. National Arabian/Half Arabian Championship, AHA Youth National Championship, the Scottsdale Arabian Show, the Arabian and Half-Arabian Sport Horse Nationals, and the AHA Convention.
www.usef.org /content/equestrianSports/breeds/arabian.php   (471 words)

  
 Arabian Horses For Sale ~ Stallions ~ Horse Training @ Arabian Insite
Arabian Insite is the community for Arabian horses, farms, stallions, and trainers with free classifieds featuring hundreds of horses for sale.
CP Ambition is a predominantly Polish Arabian Stallion with a remarkable heritage having 4 crosses to *Bask++, with 3 of those crosses coming from *Bask++ x *Gdynia through Cognac, Gdansk and Grenedyne.
A family-run breeding facility nestled in the beautiful Snohomish Valley of Washington state, Sweetwater Arabians was founded in the mid 70's with one thoroughbred mare.
www.arabianinsite.com   (588 words)

  
 Arabian Linux   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Arabian Linux also known as arl is a bootable CD with a compilation of GNU/Linux software, full support for Arabic/English languages and automatic hardware detection.
It's the first arabic live-distro using KDE as the default GUI, the first to have the arabic language enabled in consoles, pre-compiled ready-for-use softmodem drivers and the first to have its own control panel system in both languages (arabic/english).
Arabian is recommended for beginners (using arabic language or not).
arabian.arabicos.com   (344 words)

  
 Darley Arabian
The Darley Arabian's story begins on the Syrian desert outside Aleppo, among the herds and tents of the Fedan Bedouins.
He explained that the colt was believed to be from one of the purest of Arabian strains, and his name was Manak or Manica, obviously a reference to the famed "Muniqui" strain of Arabians noted for their swift paces.
The Darley Arabian is known to have covered mares between the years 1706 to as late as 1719.
www.tbheritage.com /Portraits/DarleyArabian.html   (725 words)

  
 Home of the Arabian Horse Association   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Enter a world where the time you spend with an Arabian horse is the best part of your day.
AHA is a full-service breed association and registry for owners of Arabian, Half-Arabian and Anglo-Arabian horses.
The Sport Horse National Arabian and Half-Arabian Championship Horse Show (Sport Horse Nationals) topped out at 550 horses this year, exceeding by 100 the original number forecast by the Arabian Horse Association which produced the show...
www.arabianhorses.org /default2.asp   (286 words)

  
 Arabian Oryx Conservation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He was responsible for the captive breeding of many of the young oryx that were released in the Empty Quarter and subsequently assumed responsibility for monitoring them in the wild.
Preparations are already underway for an early translocation and release of captive-bred Arabian oryx from the NWRC to the Protected Area.
The Arabian oryx, a charismatic white antelope, once roamed throughout most of the desert plains of the Arabian Peninsula.
www.arabian-oryx.com   (634 words)

  
 Arabian Sea on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Arabian Sea has long been an important trade route between India and the West; its chief ports are Aden, Yemen; Karachi, Pakistan; and Bombay, India.
Arabian Fables (II): more fanciful Arab myths to sway world opinion.
A Marine CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter approaches the USS Peleliu, an amphibious assault somewhere in the Arabian Sea, October 29, 2001.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/a/arabians1.asp   (513 words)

  
 EO DAAC Study: Illuminating Photosynthesis in the Arabian Sea
Between 1994 and 1996 the Joint Global Ocean Flux Experiment (JGOFE) was conducted in the Arabian Sea to study ocean biological and physical processes and their links to the global carbon cycle.
In modeling Arabian Sea light dynamics, Arnone used Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS) data from the Goddard Space Flight Center DAAC to map the average distribution of aerosol around the globe and Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) data from the DAAC to map average global ozone levels.
For instance, because cloud cover and aerosols are different from one area to another within the basin, the southern regions of the Arabian Sea have a different annual cycle of light intensity than those of the northern regions.
earthobservatory.nasa.gov /Study/ArabianSea   (1064 words)

  
 Arabian Breed Description
The Arabian is the oldest and purest breed of horse in the world.
The Arabian is well-known for its incredible stamina and soundness, which it owes to its evolution in a harsh desert environment.
Arabians are extremely popular in a variety of disciplines, particularly endurance and pleasure showing.
www.equinepost.com /resources/breeds/showBreed.asp?ID=125   (293 words)

  
 NHAHA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
New Horizon is unique among area Arabian horse associations in that it requires the membership to approve all fund expenditures; the officers serve to provide leadership and direction.
The desert bedouins valued the Arabian horse as an instrument of war, able to rush into battle with courage and agility and to withstand long marches without food or water.
The Arabian industry is as varied as the versatility of the horse.
www.nhaha.com   (705 words)

  
 Arabian Art Gallery
Arabian Art Gallery for Glass founded in 1988 and is considered as one of the leading names in the field of decorative glass industry in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The industry of stained glass is a handcraft that depends mainly on the skills of artists through its different stages from design, magnification to installation stage.
Arabian Art Gallery engineered and designed its own steel support frames in accordance to Engineering and Architectural requirements.
www.arabian-gallery.com /arg/profile.htm   (553 words)

  
 Attractions in Orlando Florida   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The guests of Arabian Nights are invited to celebrate the wedding of a Prince and Princess.
Arabian Nights is a production that allows guests to see a wide variety of equine entertainment - from Dancing Horses of the Desert to a Square Dance on horseback.
Voted #1 dinner show, Arabian Nights has created its own niche, a unique venue that is incomparable to any attraction in the Orlando area.
www.arabian-nights.com /html/HTML_story.asp   (366 words)

  
 Arabian Horses of Renaissance Arabians, South Charleston, Ohio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
There is harmony at Renaissance Arabians between the home, the land, the horses, the way they live and the name of the farm.
Built in the late 1800's the family home has been fully restored to its original beauty, with careful renovations designed to reflect the classic elegance of the house, but with a warm and welcome environment.
The bloodlines of the Egyptian Arabians bred at Renaissance are some of the oldest and most rare still found in the world today.
www.rearabians.com   (450 words)

  
 Arabian Nights - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
He heard them from a Syrian Christian storyteller from Aleppo, a Maronite scholar, Youhenna Diab, whom he called 'Hanna'.
Perhaps the best-known translation to English speakers is that by Sir Richard Francis Burton, published as The Arabian Nights.
The Arabian Nights : Tales from a Thousand and One Nights (Modern Library Classics)
encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /arabian_nights.htm   (972 words)

  
 GN Online: Arabian oryx numbers rise
The population of the endangered Arabian oryx has now risen to around 5,000, with these straight-horned antelopes living in protected areas, zoos and research centres in different parts of the world, said a senior official from the Environmental Research and Wildlife Development Agency.
The committee, chaired by the UAE, is responsible for facilitating and encouraging all conservation efforts for the Arabian oryx to be bred as free roaming herds in their natural habitats in the Arabian Peninsula and other neighbouring countries.
The Arabian oryx is one of the largest mammals of the Arabian desert.
www.gulf-news.com /Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=67400   (588 words)

  
 AncientScripts.com: South Arabian   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
500 BCE to 600 CE The South Arabian alphabet was used primarily in the Sabaean and Minaean kingoms in the Southern edge of the Arabian Peninsula.
It is thought to have diverged from the Proto-Sinaitic alphabet as early as 1300 BCE, and a developing form appeared in Babylonia and near Elath of the Gulf of Aqaba around the 8th/7th centuries BCE.
The South Arabian proper appears around 500 BCE, and continued to be used until around 600 CE (at which time, of course, the entire Arabian Peninsula was converted to Islam and Arabic became the most important language).
www.ancientscripts.com /s_arabn.html   (181 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Arabian Desert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
This ecoregion is the largest on the Arabian Peninsula.
The Rub' al-Khali [1] desert is a sedimentary basin elongated on a southwest to northeast axis across the Arabian shelf.
At an altitude of 1000 metres, the rock landscapes yield the place to the ar-Ruba' Al-Khali, vast wide of sand of the Arabian desert, whose extreme southern point crosses the center of Yemen.
www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Arabian_Desert   (1076 words)

  
 Arabian Horses
Anyone who has ever seen Arabian horses is sure to have admired their beauty, grace, and endurance.
The role of the Arabian horse in the culture of Bedouins is hard to overestimate.
You may be able to buy an arabian halter from a breeder; you don't need one until they grow up; you can't ride them as babies.
www.arabian-horses-arabian-horses.com   (393 words)

  
 Arabian Group of Companies
KOSHY VINOD, FORMER V.P. rabian Group is the creation of Mohammed Hussein Ezzi Al Harazi, a businessman from Yemen, which was established in 1988 to meet the growing demand in oilfield services.
Arabian Group consists of several companies, with its Head Office in Sana'a, Republic of Yemen and branch offices in Mukalla and Masila.
With the years of experience, wide range of equipment, auxiliary services such as catering, transportation, water well drilling, construction, base camp, survey, maintenance, procurement and supply of oilfield equipment and spares, storage facilities, and rental of equipment we are able to provide full support to our clients under one roof.
www.arabian-yemen.com   (156 words)

  
 Arabian Stallions
Combining the beauty and elegance of the Egyptian Arabian on his sires side and the strength and athletic ability of the Polish lines on his dams side, Saud is ready to work some "fl magic".
Alybi is a 1997 chestnut Arabian stallion by the National Champion Allionce+/ and out of Balerina Bey, a daughter of Bey Shah.
Amin Arabians is blessed to own a stallion such as Champion Bolero Kid V! Bolero's pretigous pedigree, Type, Superb Dispostion and Athletic Abilities are being passed to his offspring.
www.stallionstation.com /ss/directory/arabian.html   (1116 words)

  
 ARABIAN WILDLIFE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The fully searchable archive of past issues of Arabian wildlife provides a wide range of information on the animal and plantlife of the region, including trees and flowers, insects, rodents, mammals, song birds, birds of prey, sea birds, houbara, oryx, gazelle, marine mammals - including dolphins and whales.
Arabian Wildlife on-line is of particular interestto teachers and school students.
The Arabian Discovery programme is designed especially for schools, but the entire site offers a huge variety of resources for special projects.
www.arabianwildlife.com   (136 words)

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