Shar Pei online - Tazy.
Greyhound tazy is one of the oldest dog breeds, attributed to the greyhounds of the eastern group, as well as possible adapted to the nomadic way of life of the peoples of Asia. Dog handlers have repeatedly drawn attention to its close similarity, on the one hand, with the Arabian saluki, and on the other — with a number of other eastern greyhounds, from the Afghan luchak to the Russian steppe greyhound.
Characteristics of Tazy
This similarity is apparently explained by the history of the distribution of greyhounds on the Asian continent. Usually you have to hear two versions about the formation of greyhound breeds — about their autochthonous origin or about the spread from a single center, with the formation of local breeds by crossing with hunting or herding dogs of the area.
As for the Central Asian plain greyhounds, all available data suggest rather that it is a borrowed breed imported from the Middle East, where it was formed in the unique conditions of the Arabian and Syrian deserts. Admixtures of local breeds, apparently, are also relatively insignificant — most likely due to the absence of dogs of a similar type here at the time of the appearance of the first "emigrants". The history of the appearance of taza on the territory of Central Asia, where the states of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan are located today, is most often associated with the Arab-Muslim invasion and the entry of a significant part of this region into the Arab Caliphate.
The first Arab detachments appeared in Central Asia at the beginning of the VIII century, the stubborn struggle of the local population against the conquerors continued until its middle. To break the resistance, numerous Arab warriors and even entire Bedouin tribes were relocated to the new possessions, who came along with their cattle, property and, of course, dogs related to the ancestors of modern Saluki. The Arabs, who served as the support of the caliphal power, were called "Tajik" by the local Iranian—speaking population (dialect forms - tazik, tachik), from the Arabic word "taj", meaning "crown", and figuratively denoting supreme power.
