The Afghan cameleers (majority Afghan but all the other cameleers) play a vital role in the early development of the Australia. Those who are interested to read further in the details, can read the book (picture 1), Australian Muslim Cameleers, which provides details about the history and role of those great cameleers.
The Afghan cameleers (majority Afghan but all the other cameleers) play a vital role in the early development of the Australia. Those who are interested to read further in the details, can read the book (picture 1), Australian Muslim Cameleers, which provides details about the history and role of those great cameleers.
One hundred and sixty years after the first camels and their cameleers arrived in Australia to aid explorers, the Royal Australian Mint celebrates the substantial contribution of the Afghan cameleers to Australia’s inland development. The cameleers, who came from countries including Afghanistan, Pakistan and Turkey, were indispensable for their exploration efforts and for carrying goods to inland communities. Their contribution is celebrated with the release of these special 50c Silver Proof and Uncirculated Coins.
I would certainely like to share some shots of the pages of the book ‘Australia’s Muslim Cameleers Pioneers of the Inland 1860-1930. The first camellers arrive for the Burke and Wills Epedition, 1860.
From the Archives, first camellers reached to Australia.
For the interest of the people (esp; Afghan), I hereby share some photographs of the book with the name and pictures of the camelers to have some idea about their homeland and tribes. Also, their names are very interesting and so their background information.
Shaurang is very old name in Pashtu, very rarely use these days. This man in the picture looks like Marri, Buzdar or Bugti Baloch. They travelled to Australia with their camels and played a great role. Sayed Naseer is mentioned as from Quetta, Afghanistan. It will be very interesting for the new generation of Pashtun Afghan living in the land now in Pakistan. Noor Muhammad from Ghazni
For your interest and information.
Unfortunately, the camels in Australia are under great pressure and challenge. You can find some views about the Australian camels issue in my articles. https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-51032145
Camel milk’s demand is ever increasing among the nontraditional consumers, mostly on health ground. The camel milk is rich with certain molecules which are health promising, therefore, camel milk is known as natural pharmacy. New camel dairies are emerging and the already established firms are increasing their camel number and buying elite camel genetics for milk. The are some very important camel milk contests in different parts of the UAE in different time periods. Alwathba camel festival with the milk competition is one of them. I attended the contest of Alwathba and compiled some important information. I share it in the this blog with the camel lover people.
Each year there are many camel milk contests in different parts of the camel habitats but the most prominent and unique one is Alwathab, AbuDhabi, UAE.
There are mainly 3 groups of camels in contest
Majaheem or Hazmi: Found in KSA, UAE and Oman and extends up to the Yemen.
Mahajen (Cross of Arabi and Majaheem): Mainly found in the adjoining areas of Hazmi and Arabi
Arabi: Mainly found in UAE and Oman
Arabi Camels, having good milking ability and are calm milking animal (Fashoosh in Arabic)
Camel is milk by a group of people to harvest maximum for the contest. Camel milk letdown is for a shorter period
Majheem camel, the highest yielding camel
The interest in milking camels is ever increasing. Camel is a real treasure, whatever you want to search you will find. The people are treasuring the milk of the camel.
Mixed camels’ group. Mahajen or Mixed Camels
The white and tasty milk of camel, we all love the magic milk of camel
Habitat: The nucleus of the breed is Wani , Gosa, Babar, Kapip areas of Zhob and Hassankhail area of Musakhail district. Kakar, Khostai, Babar, Sherani, Hassankhail tribes are the custodians of the breed. They are mall in size, white body coat with the redhead, fine dense wool is the the salient feature of Kajalle breed. Population Trend: The population of the Kajalle sheep is almost 200,000 and the trend is increasing.
Habitat: The nucleus of the breed is Wani , Gosa, Babar, Kapip areas of Zhob and Hassankhail area of Musakhail district. Kakar, Khostai, Babar, Sherani, Hassankhail tribes are the custodians of the breed. They are mall in size, white body coat with red head, fine dense wool are the salient feature of Kajalle breed. Population Trend: The population of the Kajalle sheep is almost 200,000 and the trend is increasing.
Zhob is a very ancient heritage point and home to the precious and unique livestock breeds. It is the cradle of sheep and goat breeds. Gossali or Kajjale sheep is a very unique sheep genetic resources of the region.
The deserts are not only beautiful but a place where you can enjoy the vast horizons and the fragrance of the deserts’ flora. The desert after the rains convert into an echoing green sands, rich with diversity of flora and fauna. The whole picture makes the scene very attractive, which works as an ECOTHERAPY.
I hereby share some glimpses from the desert. I’m sure, it will work as a healing agent for your health and thoughts. Lets, enjoy the glimpses and please come with your suggestions and thoughts.
The Tribulus in the desert is a blessing. The seeds of the desert’s Tribulus is not Thorney like orchard’s Tribulus.
In this picture a hiding sun in the cloud, the beautiful camel caravan, the Tribulus yellow flowers, the furry sand and the rays of the sun touching the sand.
Beauty Landed on the Earth
The beautiful red sandy desert of the Alain is unique and special of its kind. I have named the desert as living desert. I hope, you will enjoy and share my articles on your social media pages.
The flora is the most important genetic resource in the whole planet earth but the deserts even need more floral diversity to give life and beauty to the desert.
This type of Tribulus is the beauty of the desert. The presence or absence of this plant decide the health of the desert fertility. The local people admire the desert which germinates the Tribulus.
The desert turned into a richgreen beautiful ecosystem after a shower of rain.
Wherever you walk in the desert, you will see and meet the beautiful wooden flora, Prosopis. These trees act as a source of landmarks and help as GPS for livestock and wild animals.
I’m born like that, I love nature, especially the desert and camels. I take therapy from nature. I’m the true believer of nature.
Resembling the sun, the yellow flowers absorb energy from the sun and the moisture from the sand and dews. They are beautiful and special.
I feel happy and energetic in the desert
You can see different kinds of life in the desert. You can find wasp, ants, lizards and different types of plants. The mix of the sunshine, dusk, rays, flowers, camels and others make is a scene of paradise.
The dusks make the sand even more beautiful, especially when there is greenery like this.
The desert is always beautiful. It changes the style of its beauty with the wind, seasons, rains, vegetation and people.
The beautiful Calotropis in the red sand desert of the Alain. The flower beautifies the dusk in the desert. You can see camels as well.
The moments when the life stop for a while
Some plants are very specialized and crafted very unique by the nature. Such plants know how to survive in the harsh and hostile ecosystems. They are beautiful and useful as well.
The drylands’ shrub, found in wide regions of the world. The plant has diverse use, animal food, herbal medicine and tanning of the hides and skins traditionally.
The desert grass is the unique craft of nature. They have a big lump of the fibrous cushion to absorb the moisture from the surroundings and reabsorb the water lost in the transpiration process.
The useful flora of the desert
Camel is one of the unique gift of the nature, landed in the desert. Loving camel is engineered in my DNA. I do not know, what the nature has really planned for me and the camel.
The camel is the true son of the sandy soil of the desert. Camel is the real stakeholder of the desert. Only the camels know how to survive in conditions where food and water are the most limiting sources.
The camels have great adaptation power. They can adapt with the harsh climatic conditions of the desert. The nature has engineered camel with the specialized DNA
Camel and camel’s love
The main question is still there, how to harvest the potential of the desert sustainable and humanly. The bush fire, climate change and the planet warming has created serious questions in the minds of the people who really concern.
Let we think the nature as our mother and as our breath
The land cover with the sands is sandy, commonly known as desert. But all the sandy soil are not deserted soil. To me, deserted mean the land abused by the factory farming or monocultural farming, full of the residues of the pesticides, weedicides and chemicals.
The monoculture farming is hazardous to the flora and fauna and kill the mother earth natural health.
The sandy soils are commonly known as deserts because of the poor/low annual precipitation. When there is enough precipitation, such sandy lands turn into lush green meadows. Such lands are the reservoirs of the plants and animal genetic resources. The plants of the deserts are very beautiful with attractive flowers. https://camel4all.blog/2019/12/09/beautiful-flowers-and-fruits-of-wild-flora-of-united-arab-emirates/
In thins blog, I have to share some very beautiful pictures which I took yesterday in the evening time. We received some few rains last 3 weeks and now the desert is very beautiful and full of beautiful shrubs and flowers.
The sandy deserts are blessed with very special plants which conserve moisture in their cushions, hairy to divert evaporation moisture and hardy to resist strong sunshine.
We just need to place some inputs like reseeding of native plants, protection from grazing for a certain period and some landscape adjustment, we can turn the sandy desert into a shrubland.
The desert in the UAE is a living desert, rich with plants and animals. The desert have different species of floras with beautiful flowers and fruits. I hereby share a link of my video channel to see the beauty of the desert.
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