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Dhow’s that?

Arab dhows, this lively painting, long since sold, of a ‘baghlah’ type dhow, text today much revised, was one of 4 commissioned via an agent for His Majesty Sultan Qaboos Bin Said, his yacht and for public buildings.

Dhow, baghlah
Dhow, baghlah

A few years later the image was licenced to Bloomsbury Books for a book cover in Arabic and in English, “The Corsair”.

Corsair Baglah book jacket
Corsair Baglah book jacket


The book went on to become a best seller and Bloomsbury returned for images for books by the same author.

Corsair Baglah book jacket
Corsair Baglah book jacket

A major over haul of the text of this page and the insightful ‘Further Reading’ page; http://www.frickers.co.uk/…/baghlah-the-traditional-deep-s…/