Dhows Collection

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

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

East Africa - Old Fort - Soldiers Guarding Ramparts. Part of Box 249 Boswell Collection - East Coast of Africa. Inhambane is one of the oldest settlements on Mozambiques eastern coast

Aden The Dhows Date: 1959

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

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

Tunisia - Bizerte - The Old Port
The Old Port at Bizerte, Tunisia

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

The River Nile at Boulaque

Egypt - Alexandria - Mahmoudieh Canal
Egypt - The Mahmoudieh Canal, the water highway between Alexandria and the River Nile

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

Seasonal Greetings card (Christmas) from Egypt
Christmas Wishes from Egypt to a Dear Mother with a scene of the banks of the River Nile with boats (feluccas and dhows) moored up on the riverbank

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

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

Egyptian Beauty and scenes from the country
An Egyptian beauty is framed in a diamond, surrounded by scenes from the country including the Pyramids and Sphinx at Giza, an avenue of Palm trees

Attack on Linga, Iran
British forces attack the pirate stronghold of Linga, on the Straits of Hormuz. Dhows are seen burning on the left

Boatmen on the Malabar Coast, India, 1877
Engraving of several native oared vessels, one named the Calicut, as used on the Malabar Coast of India, circa 1877. In the background can be seen two, double masted, lanteen sailing dhows

Lanteen-rigged Dhows, Luxor, Egypt, 1884
Engraving of a riverside scene at Luxor, Egypt, showing a number of dhows under sails and oars and, in the background, several boats being built on the shore

Arab Emirates / Dubai
dhows in the harbour, Dubai (formerly known as Thubare)

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