Mary Allen
Chimodzi mwazinthu zodziwika bwino za Saluki ndi mbiri yakale, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti ikhale agalu akale kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
Kodi Saluki amachokera kuti?
Otsogola a Persian greyhounds amasiku ano adasungidwa ngati agalu osaka ku East zaka masauzande apitawo, monga momwe zasonyezedwera ndi zojambula zapakhoma za Sumerian kuyambira 7000 BC. C. Agalu omwe ali ndi makhalidwe a Saluki.
Izi zinalinso zotchuka ku Igupto wakale. Kenako anafika ku China kudzera mumsewu wa Silk Road, kumene Mfumu ya ku China dzina lake Xuande inawafafaniza m’zojambula zake.
Kodi "Saluki" amatanthauza chiyani?
Dzina lakuti Saluki likhoza kuchokera ku mzinda wakale wa Saluq kapena ku liwu lakuti Sloughi, kutanthauza "greyhound" m'Chiarabu ndipo tsopano limagwiritsidwanso ntchito ponena za mtundu wa agalu a dzina lomwelo.
Salukis ku Europe ndi Middle East
Saluki sanaberekedwe ku Ulaya mpaka 1895. Ngakhale lero, mtundu wa agaluwu umakonda kwambiri ku Middle East, kumene ma Saluki ochokera ku mibadwo ya Arabia akhoza kuwononga ndalama zoposa 10,000 euro. Ngakhale ana agalu a Saluki ochokera kwa oŵeta ku Ulaya ndi otsika mtengo kwambiri pa ma euro 1000 mpaka 2000, akadali okwera mtengo kuposa agalu ena ambiri.