[3] He was sired by Negatiw, a Tersk bred stud, out of Bandola, who was known by the title of "Queen of Poland".

[4] He was imported to the United States by truck and plane and spent the rest of his life there until his death in September 1987.

[2] Naseem, Bandos's grandsire, was a Skowronek son who in 1936 was sold to Russia by Lady Wentworth of the Crabbet Arabian Stud.

[6] Also during World War II, Bandos's grandsire, Ofir, was among some of the horses taken during the Soviet invasion of Poland.

Kuhailan-Haifi was imported from the Jauf region of the Arabian Peninsula by Prince Roman Sanguszko of the Gumniska Stud.