UMary Allen
Olunye uphawu olwahlukileyo lweSaluki yimbali yayo ende, nto leyo eyenza ukuba ibe yeyona nzala indala ehlabathini.
Ivela phi iSaluki?
Abanduleli be-greyhounds banamhlanje basePersi bagcinwa njengezinja zokuzingela e-Orient kumawaka eminyaka eyadlulayo, njengoko kuboniswe yimizobo yodonga lwaseSumeriya ukusuka kwi-7000 BC. C. Izinja ezineempawu zikaSaluki.
Ezi zazisaziwa nakwiYiputa yamandulo. Kamva bafika eTshayina ngeSilk Road, apho uMlawuli waseTshayina uXuande wababulala kwimizobo yakhe.
Lithetha ukuthini igama elithi “Saluki”?
Igama elithi Saluki linokuvela kwisixeko sangaphambili saseSaluq okanye kwigama elithi Sloughi, elithetha "ihound engwevu" ngesiArabhu kwaye ngoku ikwasetyenziswa ukuchaza inzala yenja enegama elifanayo.
Salukis eYurophu nakuMbindi Mpuma
IiSaluki azizange zikhuliswe eYurophu de kwangowe-1895. Nanamhla oku, olu hlobo lwenja luthandwa kakhulu kuMbindi Mpuma, apho iiSaluki eziphuma kumnombo wama-Arabia zinokuxabisa ngaphezulu kwe-10,000 yee-euro. Nangona iinjana zeSaluki ezivela kubafuyi baseYurophu zifikeleleka kakhulu kwi-1000 ukuya kwi-2000 yee-euro, zisabiza kakhulu kunezinye iintlobo ezininzi zeenja.