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Bookmark or Share- Dhow | Boat, Definition, & World History | Britannicadhow, one- or two-masted Arab sailing vessel, usually with lateen rigging (slanting triangular sails), common in the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean. Bows are sharp, with a forward and upward thrust, and the sterns of the larger dhows may be windowed and decorated.
- History and Construction of the Dhow - NabataeaHistory of the Dhow. According to Hourani, fully stitched construction was observed by medieval writers in the Red Sea, along the east African coast, in Oman, along the Malabar and Coromandel Coasts of India and in the Maldives and Laccadive Islands.
- Dhow - WikipediaThe dhow was the ship of trade first used by the Somalis. The Somali people who are known to have the oldest surviving dhow which is called Beden, have traded with the ancient world from Egypt, Babylon, as well as the civilizations of the far east, carrying valuable frankincense, myrrh, gold, etc.
- Monsoon Dhows - Smithsonian InstitutionTurn-of-the-century photographs of dhows off the east coast of Africa. These feature the enormous diversity of dhows, sailing craft ranging from coastal fishing boats to ocean-going vessels. Dhows connected the cosmopolitan urban communities of Indian Ocean world.
- Dhow Factory of Sur – Sur, Oman - Atlas ObscuraThe factory built his ship, the Sohar, an 87-foot replica of a ninth-century, lateen-rigged, cotton-sailed Arab dhow, which he then sailed from Sur to India and on to China.
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