Daylami [SEP] father
horse, standing 17 hands high, was bred in Ireland by his original owner, the Aga Khan, who also bred both of his parents.
Daylami's sire, Doyoun, won the 2,000 Guineas and finished third in the Derby, before a stud career in which he produced the winners of over two hundred races. His most notable offspring, apart from Daylami, was the Breeders' Cup Turf winner Kalanisi.
Daltawa, from whom Daylami inherited his grey coat, was also the dam of the Prix de l'Arc
replaces his father as governor, but is killed by the rebellious Al-Aswad Al-Ansi, who claimed prophet-hood, in the First Ridda War. Al-Aswad was later killed by Fayruz al-Daylami, who became the governor of Yemen. After that, Ghayth ibn Abd Yaghuth rebels, this time against al-abna' themselves, seeking their expulsion from the Arabian Peninsula. Dādawayh (), an al-abna' leader, was killed, while Fayruz al-Daylami and Jushnas (Gushnasp)