Majaheem and Maghateer

The Majaheem are the dark camels and the Maghateer are the light ones. At screening, the colour and the breed are checked in a step called Tashbeeh.

Colour and cross-breeding

A calf usually takes the colour of one of its parents. Some crosses can give a different colour. See Breeding and birth.

A round at a festival = colour × class: single Dag, single Jal, and Manqiyah. A camel enters the rounds of its own colour only.