Hirzai

Pakistani breed of horse

* Hirzai
* حرزایی

Conservation status|

* FAO (2007): endangered[1]: 88
* DAD-IS (2024):unknown[2]

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Other names|

* Pahari[citation needed]
* Heerzai[3]: 5

Country of origin| Pakistan
Traits
Height|

* 152 cm

Colour| usually grey

* Equus ferus caballus

The Hirzai (Urdu: حرزایی) is a rare Pakistani breed of riding horse. It derives from cross-breeding of Baluchi horses with Arab stock. It is usually grey; other colours occur infrequently. The average height is 152 cm.[4]: 472  In the twenty-first century it is an endangered breed.

## History

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The Hirzai derives from cross-breeding of Baluchi horses with Arab stock. It is an endangered breed: its conservation status was listed as 'endangered' by the FAO in 2007,[1]: 88  and in 2024 was listed in DAD-IS as 'unknown'.[2] Population data has not been reported since 1988, when it was estimated to be between 100 and 1000 head.[2]

## Characteristics

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The Hirzai stands about 152 cm at the withers. The coat is usually grey; other colours occur only infrequently.[4]: 472

## References

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1. ^ a b Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). List of breeds documented in the Global Databank for Animal Genetic Resources, annex to The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 23 June 2020.
2. ^ a b c Breed data sheet: Hirzai / Pakistan (Horse). Domestic Animal Diversity Information System of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Accessed June 2024.
3. ^ [s.n.] (2003). Country Report on State of Animal Genetic Resources of Pakistan. Annex to: Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd Pilling (editors) (2007). The State of the World's Animal Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rome: Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. ISBN 9789251057629. Archived 10 January 2017.
4. ^ a b Valerie Porter, Lawrence Alderson, Stephen J.G. Hall, D. Phillip Sponenberg (2016). Mason's World Encyclopedia of Livestock Breeds and Breeding (sixth edition). Wallingford: CABI. ISBN 9781780647944.

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