ALSB = Algerian Stud Book

AgSB, SBA = Argentinian Stud Book

AHRA, AHR = Arabian Horse Registry of America, USA & Mexico

PAHR = Purebred Arabian Horse Registry, USA & Mexico

AHSA = Australia, Arab Horse Society of

AAS = Austrian Arabian Stud Book

ARAD = Austria, Radowze

Aus, Aust, Austria = Austria

BHR, BHRSB = Bahrain

BAHS, BAPS = Belgian Arabian Horse Society

BASB, BAS = Belize Agricultural Society - Central America

BOLSB = Bolivia

BRSB, BrS = Brazilian Stud Book

BGASB = Bulgaria

CAHR = Canadian Arabian Horse Registry

CHSB, SBCH, SNA = Chile

CSB = Colombia

CRAS = Costa Rica

CRSB, CZSB = Slovakia - Czechoslovakian State Stud Book - Topolicianky

DAHS, DSAH = Danish Arabian Horse Society

DB = Desert Bred

EAO = Egyptian Agricultural Organization

EAOPB, EPB = EAO - Private Breeders Section

RAS = Egypt - Royal Agricultural Society

EPS = Egyptian Police Stud

ABSB, ABS = Egypt - Al Badeia Stud Book

HSB = Egypt - Hamdan Stud Book

IOHB = Egypt - Inshass Original Herd Book

KFS = Egypt - King Farouk Stud

Egy, Egypt = Egypt

AHS, AHSB = United Kingdom - Arab Horse Society

GSB = United Kingdom - General Stud Book

Eng, Engl, England = England

ACCA = Equador

FrSB, SBFAR = French Stud Book

Fr, France = France

FAR = Finland

AV, DAV = Germany - Old German Stud Book

GASB, GAS = Germany - German Arabian Stud Book

GRSB, GRS = Germany - German Stud Book - Marbach Stud

SBWM, WEIL = Germany - German Stud Book - Weil-Marbach

EGSB = East Germany - Rostock Zoo Stud Book

Ge, Ger, Germ, Germany = Germany

RHCA = Haiti

ASBB, ASB = Hungary - Babolna State Stud

Hu, Hun, Hung, Hungary = Hungary

IRAN = Iran

IRAQ = Iraq

IASB, IAS = Israel Arabian Horse Society

ITSB, ANICA = Italian Stud Book, Arabian National Italian Cavallo Arabian

JDSB, RJSB = Jordan - Royal Jordanian Stud Book

KSB = Kuwait

Lebanon, LBN, LSB = Lebanon

LIBY = Libya

LASB = Lithuania

MSB = Moroccan Arabian Stud Book

Morocco = Morocco

NAHA, NAHF = Norwegian Arabian Horse Association

NSB, AVS = Netherlands Stud Book - Holland

NZHS = New Zealand Arabian Horse Breeders Society

OMAN = Oman

PKSB = Pakistan

PARA = Paraguay

PASB, PAS = Polish Arabian Stud Book

P, Po, POL, Poland = Poland

PSB, Portugal = Portugal

QASB = Qatar - Qatari Arabian Stud Book

ROSB = Romania

RASB, RSB = Russian Arabian Stud Book

Ru, RUS, Russia = Russia

SAHS = Swiss Arabian Horse Society

CHAV = Switzerland

AHSSA, SASB = South Africa, Arabian Horse Society of

SAUDI = Saudi Arabian Stud Book

SSB = Spanish Stud Book

SWSB, SWS, SAHR = Swedish Arabian Stud Book

SYSB = Syria

TSB = Tunisian Stud Book

TKSB, Turk, Turkey = Turkey

UAE = United Arab Emirates

UASB = Uruguayan Arabian Stud Book

VASB, VENZ = Venezuela

Yu, Yug, Yugo, Yugoslav = Yugoslavia

INOC = Yugoslavia - Innocenchof Stud

ZSB = Zimbabwe

Some breeder abbreviations often seen:

AP = Abbas Pasha (Egypt)

APK = Ahmed Pasha Kemal (Egypt)

APS = Ali Pasha Sherif (Egypt)

AYZ = Ayerza (Argentina)

BAB = Babolna (Hungary)

BLT = Blunt (Egypt and England)

INS = Inshass (Egypt)

KDV = Khedive Abbas II (Egypt)

WL = Weil (Germany)

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