A Shu’ai, Shu’i or Shuw'i (Arabic: شوعي) is a small or medium-sized dhow, a traditional Arabic sailing vessel.[1] This type of dhow is built low with a high quarter deck and has one or two masts with lateen sails.[2] A general purpose coastal boat, the shu’ai is one of the smaller-size dhow of Persian Gulf.[3]
Fishermen's Shu’ai moored at DohaShu’ai at dhow parade during Qatar National Day.Shu’ai in the Persian Gulf
Formerly Shu’ai was the most common dhow in the Persian Gulf used for fishing as well as for coastal trade. Some Shu'ai have been converted into motorboats after being fitted with engines instead of sails, especially in the Persian Gulf area.[4]
Agius, Dionisius A (2008), Classic Ships of Islam: From Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean, Brill, ISBN978-90-0415863-4.
Hawkins, Clifford W. (1977). The Dhow: An Illustrated History Of The Dhow And Its World. Nautical Publishing Co. Ltd, ISBN978-0245526558
Hourani, George F. (1995). Arab Seafaring in the Indian Ocean in Ancient and Early Medieval Times. Princeton: Princeton University Press. ISBN9780691000329
Further readingedit
Tibbetts, G.R. (2002) Arab Navigation in the Indian Ocean before the Coming of the Portuguese: being a translation of Kitāb al-Fawā'id fī uṣūl al-baḥr wa-'l-qawā'id by Aḥmad Ibn Mādjid al-Nadjdī. London: Routledge. Amazon ISBN9780947593230
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shu'ai.
A survey of Traditional Vessels of the Sultanate of Oman. The Omani Dhow Recording Project Field Research, 1992
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