Baghlah

The baghlah dhows had a curved prow with a stem-head, an ornately carved stern and quarter galleries.

[4] The ghanjah or kotiya is a similar type of vessel, often difficult to distinguish from the baghlah.

[5] Baghlahs were widely used in the past centuries as merchant ships in the Indian Ocean and the minor seas around the Arabian Peninsula.

In the early 19th century these ships were also part of the pirate fleets operating from semi-independent or completely independent harbours in Persia or along the Arabian Peninsula.

[2] In favorable conditions a baghlah could sail up to 9 knots, but it was a somewhat unwieldy ship and was largely replaced by the easier to maneuver boom in the 20th century.