He was imported by Mr. Mosco into England from Constantinople together with the Cullen Arabian in the autumn of 1744, his owner subsequently refusing 500 guineas for him. He stood at Barrow Hedges near Croyden in Surrey for a fee of ten guineas although this subsequently declined to three guineas when covering at the Salutation in Doncaster.

He sired Queen Mab, which established a maternal line which survived for around 80 years in America, including producing the high class racehorses Regulus and True Briton