Dhow Collection

Union-Castle Line
Poster advertising the Union-Castle Line, a shipping line that operated a fleet of passenger liners and freighters between Europe and Africa from 1900 to 1977

Saudi Arabia / Jeddah 1860
View from the water

Arab dhow, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa
Arab dhow at the coast, Mombasa harbour, Kenya, East Africa. Date: circa 1940s

Aswan, Egypt - Cataract Hotel
The Cataract Hotel, Aswan, Egypt

Poster advertising Aberdeen & Commonwealth Line cruises from England to Australia, via the Suez Canal and Colombo

Launching of a Dhow - Aden Maalla Village, Yemen Date: 1910s

Zanzibar
This painting shows a gathering of manned dhow sail boats on the Indian Ocean, by the Island of Zanzibar, also known as Unguja. Date: circa 1915

View of the city of Cairo, Egypt, with its
View of the city of Cairo on the River Nile, Egypt, with its mosques, churches and synagogues, 1820. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Theodore Goetz after Cooke from Friedrich Johann Bertuchs

Kafr El-Zayat, Egypt - Fishermens Dhows pulled up on the banks of the River Nile. circa 1910s

A British Cruiser attacking an Arab Slave Dhow. Date: circa 1910s

Harbour view with Dhow, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa Date: circa 1903

Arab dhow under construction, Bombay Harbour, India
Arab dhow under construction, Bombay (Mumbai) Harbour, India. Date: circa 1920s

Rare Mtepe dhow off Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa
Rare Mtepe dhow off the Mombasa coast, Kenya, East Africa. 1923

ARAB DHOW
Arab dhow, used in various forms in the Red Sea, Persian Gulf and the east coast of Africa

Landing stage, Kiamari, Karachi, British India
Landing stage with dhows and a clock tower, Kiamari (Kemari), Karachi, Sindh Province, British India (now in Pakistan). Date: circa 1920

Dhows leaving Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa, on a change of monsoon winds. 1923

Aden The Dhows Date: 1959

Kuwait dhow off Zanzibar, Tanzania
Kuwait dhow off Zanzibar, Tanganyika, British East Africa (now Tanzania). Date: circa 1950

Cairo, Egypt, with a dhow on the water, camels and mosque.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Sailing boats passing the swing bridge - Cairo, Egypt
Dhows passing through an open swing bridge on the River Nile - Cairo, Egypt Date: circa 1930s

Arab Dhow in St Georges Bay, Malta - WWII
Arab Dhow in St Georges Bay, Malta. Photograph taken by Colonel David Sutherland of SBS and SAS, was part of a 12-man Special Boat Service unit which made a daring raid on the occupied Greek island

Sails drying - Arab Dhows in the harbour at Beirut, Lebanon
Sail drying - Arab Dhows in the harbour at Beirut, Lebanon. Photograph taken by Colonel David Sutherland of SBS and SAS, was part of a 12-man Special Boat Service unit which made a daring raid

Refitting an Arab Dhow in Mumbai Harbour, India
Refitting an Arab Dhow in Mumbai (Bombay) Harbour, India Date: 1935

European woman near a river, Middle East
A young European woman standing at the side of a river where dhows are sailing, somewhere in the Middle East

Dhow or felucca on the River Nile, Egypt. Photograph by Lionel Coates

The Waterfront - Algiers
The waterfront of Algiers, Algeria, showing the elegant colonaded seafront and the houses of the city rising up the hill behind

Feluccas and Dhows, Egypt
Feluccas and Dhows of the River Nile, Egypt

Egyptian scenes
A very early Egyptian postcard with scenes from the country including dhows and feluccas on the River Nile (set within a crescent motif) and a water carrier loading up a donkey

Alexandria Boatman, Egypt

Sailing boats on the River Nile, Egypt
The distinctive wedge-shaped sails of Dhows and Feluccas on the River Nile, Egypt

Boat on the Nile, Cairo, Egypt

Dhow in Iran
An Arab dhow in Iran

Large Lanteen-Rigged Dhow on the Nile, 1853
Engraving of a large passenger-carrying lanteen-rigged dhow, on the Nile, Egypt, 1853

Suez Canal Scene
A dhow is hauled along the canal; the town of Suez may be seen in the far distance

East Africa Dhow
Arab dhow used on the East African coast

Obelisk at Alexandria
One of two obelisks from Alexandria, which were removed and shipped to London and New York as the eroneously monikered Cleopatras Needles

Red Sea View
A view of the RED SEA at sunset. A dhow is just visible on the horizon

Suakin, Sudan / Mallet
A birds eye view of Suakin (Suaquen / Suaqyen) on the Red Sea a place with lots of mosques and palm trees. The local boats are dhow / dow with single sails & oars

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