Elmalka is out of Nahrain (Selkirk), winner of the Gr.1 Prix de l'Opera in France and the Grade 1 Flower Bowl Invitational in the US, also a stakes winner in England and group-placed in Ireland. Elmalka is her eighth foal. Nahrain is also the dam of Benbatl (Dubawi), a Group 1 winner in Germany, Australia and the UAE and a multiple group winner in England, whose three Group 1 successes include the Dubai Turf and who also won the Gr.2 Joel S. His full sister Fooraat, a winner, was three times Listed-placed.

Second dam Bahr (Generous) won the Gr.2 Ribblesdale Stakes and was second in the Gr.1 Oaks, the Gr.1 Irish Oaks and the Grade 1 Flower Bowl Handicap. She produced the Listed winner Baharah (Elusive Quality) and the winner In Dubai (Giant's Causeway), dam of Go Bears Go, winner of the Gr.2 Railway Stakes and placed in the Gr.1 Phoenix Stakes.

Third dam Lady Of The Sea (Mill Reef) was a winner and produced seven winners, among them Clerio (Soviet Star), winner of the Matron Stakes, then a Group 3.

Nahrain has an unraced two-year-old colt by Frankel named Sallaal and a yearling colt by Night Of Thunder, and she was covered by Frankel again in 2023.