- trefoil-shaped
carving on top of the stem-head,
ghanjahs usually had a more
slender shape. made by
husen the 3
Ghanjahs were
widely used in the past centuries...
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English "Exceeding Treasure",
often anglicized as Gunsway) was an
armed Ghanjah dhow (trading ship)
belonging to the Mughals.
During Aurangzeb's reign...
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trimmed in the
Indian version. The boum
replaced the
heavier baghlahs and
ghanjahs which were more
difficult to maneuver.
Booms were
mainly built in Beypore...
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vessels making the
annual pilgrimage to Mecca,
including the treasure-laden
Ghanjah dhow Ganj-i-Sawai and its escort,
Fateh Muhammed.
Joining forces with several...
- Arab boum has a very high prow,
which is
trimmed in the
Indian version.
Ghanjah (غنجة) or
kotiya – a
large vessel,
similar to the Baghlah, with a curved...
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vessels making the
annual pilgrimage to Mecca,
including the treasure-laden
ghanjah dhow Ganj-i-Sawai and its escort,
Fateh Muhammed.
Joining forces with several...
- a type of dhow
called a
Ghanjah, and the
Kuwaiti ship is a
variant called a boum. The
photo of this
article shows the
Ghanjah in Oman.
After being used...
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baghlah required a crew of at
least 30 sailors. Some had even up to 40. The
ghanjah or
kotiya is a
similar type of vessel,
often difficult to
distinguish from...
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Kotiya may
refer to: Sri
Lankan leopard Ghanjah, or kotiya, a type of
sailing vessel One of the
exogamous clans of the Nat (Muslim)
community of the Indian...
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balance the captain's power. Tew
reached the Red Sea and ran down a
large Ghanjah dhow en
route from
India to the
Ottoman Empire late in 1693. The dhow surrendered...
