A Saudi refuses to sell his falcon “Share” for hundreds of thousands of dollars

Amin Al-Mallah pointed out that “the offers flooded him after his remarkable victory in the open public race “Farkh”, where the “Sum” amounted to two million five hundred thousand dirhams, pointing out that “Al-Saqr” Street “can achieve more championships and titles, and he can obtain this The amount within one year will be won by winning prizes in various competitions.

The Saudi falconer explained that he bought the falcon “Street” in fulfillment of a promise he made to one of the farm owners, adding: “I had asked him to reserve the falcon for me and I promised him to buy, and after a long time we were preparing for the races, and we bought 40 falcons for one million and 900 thousand riyals, and the owner of The farm calls me and says that the falcon is ready..and frankly, I did not need it at the time, even my companions told me to apologize to him, but I refused and told them that I must fulfill my promise to the man, and in fact I bought the falcon for 60 thousand riyals, and thank God it was the best for me, and he achieved This falcon has many championships, and in the Emirates it became the first Gulf Arab to carry the symbol and win the elite.”

The navigator revealed the reason for calling the falcon “street,” saying: “Al-Qahtani Street is an old Saudi falconer who was loved by people, and he was a just and beloved person. To them, the price is equal to two thousand riyals or twenty thousand, for example, and it was a reference for falconers, and I liked to name this hero falcon after this man so that the new generation of falconers would know who “street” is, and to be honest I do not know him and I have no relationship with him, but I liked With his character and integrity.”

The Saudi falconer, the Saudi champion and the first falconer in the world to break the Emiratis’ monopoly on the open public race, “Farkh”, which is considered the strongest at the tournament level, considered that “what has been achieved is an achievement for Saudi falconry.”

He pointed out that “the great motivation of the Saudi Falcons Club by monitoring valuable prizes in its various competitions, especially the King Abdulaziz Falconry Festival, formed a great motivation for falconers to acquire the best types of falcons and buy them at large sums in order to compete in these races,” adding: “The club succeeded in Reviving this ancient heritage and bringing back many falconers to the hobby of parents and grandparents.”

It is worth noting that falconer Amin Al Mellah was crowned last January in the UAE President’s Cup, where he achieved first place in two rounds of the Fazza Championship for Falconry “Talwah”.