The Khedive stables turn into an exhibition of purebred horses and luxurious carriages during the reign of “Khedive Ismail” .. “King Fuad the First” establishes the first stirrup department … and assigns the supervision of administrations to “Al-Yawar” ..
Despite the tremendous technological development that the world is witnessing during the past decades, especially the boom in the automotive industry, a number of major countries still preserve the ancestral traditions of using the best horses and the most luxurious types of vehicles during some private official ceremonies.
And for several centuries ago, the countries were racing with the best horses and the most luxurious chariots of all shapes and sizes, and were masters of decorating those chariots with luxurious ensembles, just as the kings were interested in the clothes of the knights who performed their official stirrups, and each nation was distinguished from the others by the royal chariots at the official parties.
Egypt fought this path like other countries, especially during the reign of Khedive Ismail Pasha, where the Khedivial stables were a great exhibition of purebred horses, luxurious wagons and luxurious clothes of various colors and shapes, and these stables occupied several places, including what was related to the Khedive’s chariots at official parties, and what was specific to the princes of his sons And what is specific to the harem, and what is pertaining to the retinue, while nothing remains of all but the place currently reserved for the management of the royal stables on Fouad the First Street.
With the accession of King Fouad the First to the throne of Egypt, he followed the example of his father in taking care of the royal stakes, and at the beginning of his reign he established an interest that he called the interest of His Majesty the King, and divided it into two departments:
* The management of the royal stables and the management of the royal cars, and the supervision of each department was assigned to “Yawar” from “Yawrana”, and since the administration of the royal stables contained many rare vehicles from the era of Khedive Ismail Pasha, the late King’s administration required the renewal of all the honorable vehicles. Grand and other gigs.
He added to it modern types that were not present before until the royal chariots in Egypt became comparable to their counterparts in the largest countries, and for this the generous horses and clothes of various shapes were brought to life. He also preserved some saddles, clothes and old tools that were used in the era of Khedive Ismail and the covenants that follow. He made the management of the stables a great museum, as witnessed by major foreign visitors.
Here, like the grand honorary carriages, they are dedicated to the king and his entourage at major official parties at the opening of the parliament, and some of them are for ministers delegated when presenting their credentials, and some were used in weddings in previous eras, and there are also other luxury carriages for riding foreign kings upon their official visit to Egypt, and carriages for the queen and her entourage. , And carriages for regular riding and walking in the park and many others to teach and exercise horses daily.
Each type of carriages has horses, sets, and special clothes. As for the horses, they are imported from abroad due to the scarcity of this type of them in Egypt, and the administration distributes them to the vehicles according to what suits each of them, as this requires great care and great effort that many do not feel.
While a person admires the carriages and the horses and the beautiful crews they carry that dazzle him with their splendor, and he does not appreciate how he prepared all this, nor how these horses became an easy-to-drive trust, despite the appearances, surprises and strange scenes surrounding them while they were walking in the official processions.
The management of the royal stables was assigned to Al-Bakbashy Othman Al-Mahdi, “Yawar” Al-Mulk in early 1929, and under the guidance of the late King Fuad the First, the vehicles became established and renewed in Egypt by Egyptian hands, as well as the sets, clothes and other tools all became manufactured in Egypt.
