Mary Allen
ʻO kekahi o nā hiʻohiʻona ʻokoʻa o ka Saluki ʻo kona mōʻaukala lōʻihi, ʻo ia paha ka ʻīlio kahiko loa ma ka honua.
No hea mai ka Saluki?
Ua mālama ʻia ka poʻe ma mua o nā ʻīlio ʻeleʻele Persian i kēia mau lā ma ke ʻano he mau ʻīlio hahai holoholona ma ka Hikina mau tausani makahiki i hala, e like me ka hōʻike ʻia e nā kiʻi paʻi Sumerian mai 7000 BC. C. Nā ʻīlio me nā ʻano Saluki.
Ua kaulana nō hoʻi kēia ma ʻAigupita kahiko. Ma hope mai ua hōʻea lākou i Kina ma o ke alanui Silk, kahi i hoʻopaʻa ai ka Emepera Kina Xuande iā lākou i kāna mau kiʻi pena.
He aha ka manaʻo o “Saluki”?
Hiki ke loaʻa ka inoa Saluki mai ke kūlanakauhale kahiko ʻo Saluq a i ʻole ka huaʻōlelo Sloughi, ʻo ia hoʻi ka "greyhound" ma ka ʻōlelo ʻAlapia a ua hoʻohana ʻia i kēia manawa e koho i ka ʻīlio ʻīlio o ka inoa like.
ʻO Salukis ma ʻEulopa a me ka Hikina Waena
ʻAʻole i hānai ʻia ʻo Salukis ma ʻEulopa a hiki i ka makahiki 1895. ʻOiai i kēia lā, ua kaulana kēia ʻīlio ʻīlio i ka inoa kiʻekiʻe ma ka Hikina Waena, kahi e hiki ai ke kūʻai ʻia ʻo Salukis mai nā ʻohana Arabia maʻemaʻe ma mua o 10,000 euros. ʻOiai ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā ʻīlio Saluki mai nā mea hānai ʻEulopa ma 1000 a 2000 euros, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o nā ʻīlio ʻīlio ʻē aʻe.