Algeria/ Maghreb: ‘The Falconer’, an 1863 painting by Eugene Fromentin, which also shows Algerian locals on Barb horses.

The sport of falconry was introduced to Algeria and the Maghreb by the Arabs over 1,000 years ago and was a favorite pastime of royalty and nobility. During the period of Arab expansion into North Africa, cavalry was often mounted on small, agile horses called ‘Berbers’, or ‘Barbs’.

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