This breed was produced by crossbreeding between wild Arkhar rams and Precoce merino ewes in the Kurmektinski research station between 1934 and 1949 in Kazakhstan, then in the Soviet Union.
[1] This station is located between Kungei and Zailiiskii mountains in the Alma Ata region.
The average staple length is 6.24 to 8.08 cm in different regions of body.
In 1994 the Arkhar-Merino sheep was transformed to Arasbaran research station which is attached to the Research Center for Natural Resources and Domestic Animals of East Azerbaijan (This station is located in the Khodaafarin district).
"Evaluation of fleece characteristics of Arkharmerino*Ghezel crossbreed sheep".