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Very similar to the ba^hla is the kutiyah , an
Indian built vessel, but frequently seen in the northern
part of the (half. It is exactly the same as the bauhla
except that its stem has a peculair device, rather like a
bird T s head with the beak pointing back, instead of the
baghala t s plain knob.
The ghunchah is said to be exactly the same as a
small baghala but have never actually seen one, so cannot
vouch for the accuracy of the statement. The picture of
the ’ T ghan.ia” is certainly not the least like a beyha la .
The sambuq is preeminently the pearling boat of
the Gulf, in fact it is rarely used for other purposes,
though a few are used in the local carrying trade. Its
square stern is said to make it more suitable for the
frequent pulling round by oars that is required at the
pearl banks, than is a boat of the bum type, 'hich is hardly
ever seen there except as a ^sdtsjex dealer’s boat. It has
two masts and usually is completely decked. Its stem head
is its distinguishing feature (in which no variation is
allowed) as too its square stern.
The shu T ai is normally smaller than the sambuq
th' ugh some are qui e as big. The c ly real difference
between the two is that the stem head of the sambuo is
plain, whereas that of the shu T ai has a step in it. In all
other respects they are identical. Large shu’ais are used
for pearling, and small ones as fishing boats. In the
latter c se they have only one mast.
The jalibaut , or .jali as it is sometimes called,
is anoth-,r square stemed boat of somewhat more European
appearance. Its name is commonly supposed to be merely the
English .jolly-boat but I doubt very much if this is really
the case. The start with what is the derivation of our
holly-boat ? Is it not probable that both the English and
Arabic names are derived from galievat or gellywatte . the
name of a shallow draught war-boat, which continued to be
in use on the west-coast of India down to the latter half
of the XVIII Century, and which in turn almost certainly
comes from the Portuguese galeota - c-f-yi galley . It is
inter sting to note that though square sterned like the
sambuq and Shu’ai , there is this difference that in the
case of the sambuq and shu’ai there is an outside upright
beam ( I do not know its technical name) onto which the
rudder is hinged, and in the case of the jalibaut there is*
not.
In Lorimer’s ’’Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf" the
mashuwah is given as a special type of boat. If this is
correct I do not know what the difference between a
mashuwah and .ialibaut is: I have certainly heard the rsame
boatspoken of by both the names by a man who ought to
know. Possibly mashuwah is a more or less vague term like
our boat.
r ^ le b atil is one of the most peculiar and dis
tinctive boats in the Gulf, with its fiddle shaped prww
structure and its high and quaintly ornamented stern - in
the pattern of which no variation is allowed. It is said
to be a very fast boat, and was formerly much used by
pirates. As a type it is now getting rare, at any rate
at this end of the Gulf. Here in Kuwait there is now only
one batil t a fine two masted boat, used for pearling.
The baoarah is an ultra clipper bowed boat,
somewhat like the batil . It has \he same high ornamented
stern; but it lacks the fiddle shaped ornament at the
prow. It has usually two masts, except on the Persian
Coast, where it has sometimes only one. It is rarely
seen on the northern end of the Gulf, and there is only
one in Kuwait owned baqara h - and it is at Pailakah Island.
The zaruqa h is said to be a small one -masted
bagarah , but I have never met one in real life, and <x nnot
vouch for the accuracy of the statement.
The badan also I have never seen, as it does