GENERAL APPEARANCE
Shoulder height: 56-71cm (21”-28”).
Colour: White, cream, fawn, red, grizzle, tri-colour, black/tan and
parti-colours. Coat: Feathered - Straight, silky with feathering. Smooth - dense, short with no feathering.
Gait: Effortless and light and ground covering.
These elegant members of the sighthound family with their far seeing eyes, present a picture of grace and symmetry. Their long narrow heads have no perceptible stop and the large dark eyes are set off with long, mobile, pendant ears. A long supple neck runs into sloping shoulders set well back on the long rib cage. The chest is moderately narrow and deep and tucked up behind the rib cage. The low set tail is carried in a natural curve, the forelegs are straight with springy pasterns and these balance with moderately angled hindlegs. All legs finish with toes carrying hair between pads.
CHARACTERISTICS AND CARE 
Also known as the Gazelle Hound, these gentle and sensitive sighthounds are quietly loyal and affectionate with their owners. They are not overly gregarious and do not readily take to changes of ownership. Like the Borzoi and Afghan Hound, their fluidity and grace of movement when galloping in full flight, is a sight to remember - they are poetry in motion. Being a ‘people’ dog, they do not like being left alone for long periods. A little coat care is needed to keep feathering neat, and the coat and skin healthy condition.
HISTORY
Sharing a heritage with the Greyhound, Pharaoh and Ibizan Hounds, this branch of the sighthound family found its way to Arabia. Although some Middle Eastern religions believe dogs are unclean, others respected them to the extent that the sheiks permitted them to share their tents. The Arabs found their fantastic speed and agility invaluable. When hunting, they took hooded hawks chained to their wrists and Salukis on leads. On nearing quarry, hawks were released to seek out game and, once identified, the Salukis were released, often in pairs, to hunt their quarry down.