1. Do asil bloodlines have real genetic significance? 
2. Can we trust the oral traditions and records of the Bedouin?
3. Which qualities does the Arabian have as a riding animal? What purpose does it serve? Would it not indeed be sufficient to maintain a small, elite group for crossing into other breeds?
4. Are the Bedouin really responsible for the beauty of the Arabian horse? Or is the Arabian horse, in its current, wonderful form, an achievement of breeding programmes in Egypt, Europe, or the U.S.A.?
5. Is the original Arabian still significant considering the fact that, apart from imports, hardly any asil horses can be found on the Arabian Peninsula?
6. Which advantages does the Asil Club offer its members?

This documentation supplies the following, convincing answers to questions quoted above:

1. Research into animal breeding impressively emphasised the genetic significance of Asil breeding. (see page 292)
2. The Bedouin and their oral records are, beyond doubt, reliable and more trustworthy than many written documents are. (see page 154)
3. The conformation of the Arabian horse offers the best possible features for the various riding disciplines, and thanks to its honest character and high intelligence it shows a supreme level of rideability and performance. There is no better family horse, as long as you know how to handle Arabian horses. (see page 768) 
4. The comparison of the paintings and lithographs by the past masters with the photos of today’s horses clearly indicate that the Bedouin were the breeders of the current typey Asil Arabian. (see ASIL ARABIANS; The Noble Arabian Horses, Volume IV, page 279 onwards) 
5. In recent decades, the original Arabian, the desert bred Arabian, was not well represented in its regions of origin. However, the Arabs have now begun a return to their great traditions. They are once again proud of their ancestors, the fathers of the Arabian horse. Great hippologists have repeatedly stated the important need in western breeding for the Asil Arabian in its finest type, from the Arabia Deserta. To finally re-establish an elite in the regions of their origins requires the import of the best asil blood lines, i.e. only of those pure-bred Arabians which meet the Bedouin traditions of consistent purity in breeding and which are recognised as such by the Asil Club. Only by doing so, it will later be possible to export original Arabians to the west in order to improve the breeding there. (see page 178)
6. We quote Klynstra: Whoever, after having read the material in this documentation, does not know what it is all about, and does not immediately realise that he is hereby challenged to strengthen our society through his own contribution, and is not proud to stand up for the asil breeding traditions with well known colleagues and supporters, should really devote his attention to something else.

The well-known saying "The fortunes of the earth lie on the back of horses" is further extended by the Arabs: "and is consolidated by books". The current documentation intends, with its quotations, to encourage the study of the individual books from which they are taken. One soon realises that many mistakes in breeding and handling could have been avoided, had one known about them in advance. Perhaps the following anecdote will inspire the reader to acquire the basics of the subject. Neil Postman tells the story of two thieves: "One of the men was called William, the other Paul. In the year 1605 both of them tried to break into the house of the Earl of Essex. They were caught and convicted. The verdict handed down by the authorities read as follows: The aforementioned Paul can read, so he shall be branded with the markings of a criminal, the aforementioned William cannot read, so he shall be hanged."
The Asil Club would like to thank all the authors, libraries, members and publishers who kindly gave their permission for the use of various texts and illustrations in this book (see Tabula Gratatoria, page 827).
W. Georg Olms (1999)