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    determines latitude by finding the angle of the Pole Star above the horizon. Baghlah (بغلة) – from the Arabic language word for "mule". A heavy ship, the traditional...
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    Al-Hashemi-II is the largest dhow ever built, and is one of the largest wooden ships in the world today. It sits next to the Radisson Blu Hotel in Kuwait...
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    pleasure craft ranging from the grand Al Said through to the traditional wooden-hulled sailing vessel Zinat al Bihaar. The Squadron is totally independent...
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    with engines instead of sails, especially in the Persian Gulf area. Dhow Baghlah Batil (ship) Beden Boom (ship) Ghanjah Sambuk Hawkins, Clifford W. (1977)...
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    strong fleets of the Al Qasimi of Ras Al Khaimah and Sharjah. The expedition did achieve its short-term goals by destroying three Al Qasimi bases and over...
    20 KB (2,486 words) - 07:47, 17 July 2024
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    Ganj-i-Sawai would be similar to this. Rahīmī (Mughal ship) Child's War Dhow Baghlah Ghanjah Chinese treasure ship Javanese jong Safdar, Aiysha; Azam Kalan...
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    adjustments in order to suit the goals of global trade of this time period. The baghlah allowed for greater range as it was a dhow scaled up to include a greater...
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    game. Oceans portal Medieval ships Chinese junk ship Javanese jong Arabs baghlah Portuguese India Armadas Konstam, A. (2002). The History of Shipwrecks...
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    "Technological Continuity and Change: The Lateen Sail of the Medieval Mediterranean". Al-Masāq. 24 (1): 1–19. doi:10.1080/09503110.2012.655580. S2CID 161464823. Whitewright...
    56 KB (5,998 words) - 02:26, 31 May 2024
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    7 April 2022. Balk, G.L.; van Dijk, F.; Kortlang, D.J.; Gaastra, F.S. et al..: The Archives of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) and the Local Institutions...
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    Maldives, based on rice and cowry shells, was probably done on Arab-style baghlah ships. Chinese accounts point to Bengali ships being prominent in Southeast...
    106 KB (11,053 words) - 06:48, 22 July 2024
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    Sultan of Egypt Qansuh al-Ghuri dispatched a squadron of four carracks, a galleon and 1100 men under the command of Amir Husain Al-Kurdi (Mirocem in Portuguese)...
    64 KB (8,778 words) - 22:26, 10 April 2024
  • some 4,000 dhows ranging from the regular sambuk to the larger boum and baghlah would set out from the many ports of the Persian Gulf. Each carried a master...
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    Maldives, based on rice and cowry shells, was probably done on Arab-style baghlah ships. The Chinese Muslim envoy Ma Huan wrote about a flourishing shipbuilding...
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    world, shipbuilding thrived at Basra and Alexandria. The dhow, felucca, baghlah, and the sambuk became symbols of successful maritime trade around the...
    74 KB (8,789 words) - 04:05, 16 July 2024
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    The vessels of Hormuz were probably similar to the Arabian baghlah...
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