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96
Sailing boats and Crafts in Mesopotamia —contd.
Name.
Type.
Tonnage
(freight).
Draught
fully
loaded.
Remarks.
* Mahayla .
Short broad river
sailing boat with
high curving bow
and stern; almost
flush with water
line amidshius
when heavily
loaded.
10—75
(40—80
men)
3' 3'—
6' 6’
Common Tigris
i type; few above
Baghdad and only
| ply to Samarra.
i Few on Euphrates.
I Various local
names for dif
ferent types.
Bellum
As compared with
mahayla longer
and less beam,
straighter lines.
1—75
(10 to 100
men)
1'—5' 6"
Common Euphrates
type, many in
Basrah. Various
names for different
types.
f Mashoof .
Bitumen covered
canoes; frame
work thin wood
or reeds.
i—15
(2 to 20
men)
6"—4' 6'
“ Danak ” and
“ markish ” are
two names of
larger types.
Shakhtoor .
Jerry built boats
with high bow
and low stern. I
See “ Short Out
to India,” illus- |
tration opposite
page 132.
4i
2' O'
Used on Euphrates
above the barrage,
mainly from Bire-
jik to Museyib.
Often used joined
in pairs. They
are broken up at
end of down
stream journey.
Goofa .
Round bitumen
covered boats 4'
to 10’ in diameter, j
2—4
(2 to 20
men)
r e"
Used on Tigris
above Amarah
and on Shatt-al -
Hai.
Kellek.
Goat skin rafts .
1
20
(75 men).
r
Much used on Ti
gris above Bagh
dad. Used ex
tensively by Tur
kish troops Jezi-
reh—R a g h d a d.
Taken to bits and
transported up
stream deflated
on pack animals.
15 skins to a ton.
* 2 V miles up stream per hour,
t 4 miles per hour in sluggish water.
Above drafts for craft fully loaded. Load is reduced going upstream which
educes draught about 10 per cent.