The Origin
of Sacred Birman
How the Birman is really starts to be a breed nobody nows for sure . They only thing we now for sure is that there where two cats shipped to France and that the male died on the way. The female, named Sita, is said to have been in kitten and to have produced a kitten named Poupee de Madalpour.
In 1925 it is recorded beyond doubt that the Federation Feline FranSais recognized the Sacre de Birmanie as a championship breed. A photograph taken in 1930 shows a male of the day named Dieu d'Arakan which became the blue-print for the breed.
He was owned by M. Baudoin- Crevoisier, well known as one of the first breeders of Birmans at that time.
Later Dieu d'Arakan was sold, together with six other Birmans, to Princess Ratibor and she subsequently left them in her will to the Duke d'Aosta.
Eventually their ownership was transferred to the Countess Giriode Panissera and their pedigree line became famous worldwide. During the war M. Baudoin- Crevoisier managed to keep a few cats entire and to start again after the war with these Birmans
His champion male Orlaff de Kaabaa and his female Xenia de Kaabaa became the breed's foundation cats.
The name Birman is from the French spelling for Burma. "Birmanie."
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