Prince Muhammad Ali Tawfiq pointed out in his book “Arab Horse Breeding” that the Coptic King of Egypt had gifted the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him, Mrs. Maria and with her the Arabian horse “Al-Donglawi Al-Lazzaz”, and the Egyptian Donglawi horse continued to flourish until the year 300 AH.
Al-Zubayri also said in “Taj Al-Arous” (p. 314 and 315) that Al-Lazaz was the mare of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, named after him because of the intensity of his pleasure and the meeting of his character, and it was he who was gifted by Al-Muqawqis, King of Alexandria, with Lady Mary the Coptic to the Prophet, may God’s prayers and peace be upon him.
Ibn al-Kalbi said in his book “Ansab al-Khail” (p. 39): The horses of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, were: lizards, water quilts, al-Murtiza’, al-Saqib, and dragonflies. Rather, it was called al-Murtajid because of its good neighing.
The Muslims realized the importance of the horse to spread the new religion, and Islam placed the horse in a high position, so God, the Most High, swore by it in his saying:
And urged the Holy Prophet to acquire and honor it. The Muslims were attached to the horse and took care of it. Because they have two love in it: legal love and natural love. For this reason, the horse occupied a position for them that exceeded that of the boy, so that the man used to sleep a Taoist, feed his horse, and influence him on himself, his family and his son.
