The Afghan Hound is a very ancient breed known for centuries, originally from the area of today's Afghanistan. It already appears on Sumerian clay tablets and in scrolls of papyri from the period of 2200 BC It was probably created by crossing the original Afghan hunting greyhound with the Saluka breed. The Afghan Hound is used in the country of origin to hunt antelopes and gazelles, as well as leopards, wolves and jackals. Upon arrival in Europe, the Afghan Hound became a symbol of high social status and was often bred in aristocratic courts.

Its modern appearance is the result of the work of British breeders who brought it to the United Kingdom in the late 19th century to establish the breeding standard in 1907. During the breeding of the breed, the Afghan Hound appeared in several geographical variants, today they distinguish mainly two basic types: ghazni (mountain type, which is abundantly hairy) and bell-murray - sometimes also called kalagh (steppe type, rarely hairy).

The first Afghan Hound got to what was then Czechoslovakia thanks to the Jiří Badalec Zoo in Liberec in 1965. At present, a relatively large population of this breed is represented in a wide range of colors and types.
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