Traditional Arab sailing ships

See article by James Taylor

FIGURE 1

Zanuq Boum

Sanbuq Baghlah

FIGURE 2

The batil, much in favour as a warship during the 19th century

FIGURE 3

A dug-out or huri, Bahrain, photographed by the author in the 1950s

FIGURE 4

Silver tarrada from a Sumerian grave [British Museum]

August 2003