What Does Baghlah Mean?

: an Arab lateen-rigged boat usually having a long overhang forward, a high poop, and a low waist.

How do you use a dhow?

Typically sporting long thin hulls, dhows are trading vessels primarily used to carry heavy items, such as fruit, fresh water, or other heavy merchandise, along the coasts of Eastern Arabia, East Africa, Yemen and coastal South Asia (Pakistan, India, Bangladesh).

What is a Baghla?

noun. an Arabian sailing vessel, having lugsails on two or three masts, a straight, raking stem, and a transom stern.

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