Since the beginning of
Kuwait in the Mid 17th century, Kuwaitis were using many kinds of
ships-Dhows for many purposes to live on the sea sources. Al-Boom was
one of the famous and most use ships in Kuwait in the past.
There were many kinds of Al-Boom used by Kuwaitis for
many purposes at that time. One of these kinds called Boom-Ghawas and it was
used for pearls hunting. Other kinds called (Boom-Ma'y), for sweet
water delivery. (Teshalah) for shipping stones for building. The bigger
one called (Boom Saffar)- sailor Boom for long distance sailing, and (Boom-
Gatta'a) for short distance sailing.
Click here to see a beautiful Pearl image (flag el-mahhar).
Do you know that in the year 1765, there were over
800 working ship in Kuwait. These ships were different kinds of Baghlah, Boom,
Sanbouk, Sho'i, Jalboot, Batteel..etc. They were
used for different kinds of purposes like fishing, Hunting pearls,
sailing, delivering sweet water..ect.
The body parts of
Al-Boom.
Ship contains hundreds
of parts and each part has its own name and definition. For instance,
(Beess) is the base of the ship. (Sattoor or A'nafah) is the upper front. (Sreedan) is the cooking box. (Malej, Khad)
are the long woods- Leehan in the bottom above "Beess". (Kana) is the back
piece of wood that hold "Sekkan" - end piece of the ship. (Bendeerah) is the flag stick above
al-Kana..etc.
Do you know dear visitor that Al-Boom
-ship has five Sails (shira'a). The two bigger Sails are Al-Oud and
Al-Qalami. The other three are Al-Boomiah -small Shira'a on the front and
Shamandi- on the back -tofar. Qabiah is another Sail located on top of
Al-Oud, and there are other Sails for special kind of weather conditions,
like "Terkate" and "Sefdairah". Each one of these Sails has its own
purpose.
Famous Dhows in
Kuwait
DHOW
"Dhow" or "Fat'h al-kareem"
Boom is one of the biggest and the famous among Kuwaiti ships. It was built by
Al-estad Abdullah bin Rashid in 1913, It was a huge ship and was able to
carry 5000 mun (375 Ton).
MUHAMMEDI
Muhammedi is one of
the biggest dhows (Boom) that was built among Kuwaiti ships. Built in
Neibar-India in 1917 by al-estad Humoud bin Hasan for the merchant
Mohammed Rafee'a Marafi. It was a huge beautiful ship, has low
front-Sader, wide body-Hamlah, carry 7300 mun(550 ton)
Image1 - Image2 of
Muhammedi2 at Kuwait Radison SAS Hotel.
Al-MOHALAB
Al-Muhalab (Boom) is a ship that was made by
Al-estad Muhammed Al-abdullah in 1937 and was
owned by Thunayan Al-Ghanim, 3000 mun(225 Ton), shaped sharp front -"seekh" to sail fast. It was almost the last ship that was left in
Kuwait in the National museum. Burned by Iraqi soldiers during the invasion.
SANBOUK
Sanbouk Al-Jalahma (Mansour),
made by Haji Salman Al-Estad. It was Sanbouk kind of ship, used for hunting pearls
(Ghawas),
last hunting pearl trip was 1939. Owned by Muhammed bin Jab'r Al-jalahma.
Important
Incidents in the Kuwaiti History
In the year 1943, Al-Wasmi (boom) left Kuwait to Bombay
carrying 44 sailors including Al-Nokhethah (Captain) Belal Al-Saqer in
a trading trip. In the way home, Al-Wasmi faced big storm and drowned in the
middle of the sea where no body survived except 13 sailors from 44. Captain
Al-Saqer was one of who lost their lives. That year was called The year of
the drowning (Sent Al-ttab'ah).
Other information in
Kuwait History
In the year 1752, Kuwaitis elected SABAH the first
as their first Amir. At that time, Kuwait was a small village called
"Al-Qareen".
Do you know dear visitor that there were six kinds
of ships used for hunting pearls -Ghooss. These kinds are:
Sanbook, Sho'i, Jalboot, Bagara, Beteel, and
Boom.
Do you know dear visitor that during the second
world war, Great Britain asked Kuwait to build some type of ships called (Dooba)
for military sea operations. Kuwaitis made more than 250 Dooba in a
challenging time and they were used successfully during the war.
Kuwaitis (Galaleef) were honored for this participation after the war.
Some information you might need to
know..
Kuwaitis in the past Used to have many job titles
for men who their work was related to Sailing and Pearl hunting trips over
the Sea. One of these jobs called Serdal - Amir el ghoss and it
means, the commander of the Captains over the Sea (Nowakhthah). His job was
to rule and to control the Pearl hunting trips over the Sea. Other Job
title was Emjademi,, and he was the sailors chief- "Ra'ees el ba7arah"
on the Ship. Seab is one of the sailors staff on the ship, and he was the guy who pull the
divers off the water. "Retheef " was the boy who help with different
work during the trip and trains to be a future diver.
Do you know dear visitor that Robiah is the
money that was used in Kuwait before Kuwaiti Dinar(KD). However, Robia was
divided into "Anas"," Biezas" and "Ardis". Therefore it was exchanged as the
following: Robiah= (16 Anah), Anah= (4 Bieza), Bieza= (3 Ardi).
Old Kuwaiti
worlds.
| Serdal: The chief commander of the captains (Amir al-ghoss)
| Emjaddemi: Sailors chief - Co-Captain (Ra'ees el baharah)
| Saib: Sailor who pull divers off the water.
| Retheef: The boy on board who trained to be a diver.
|
| Emttareb: Who sing and call for missing things in town.
| EmJanni: Who fix china cooking plats.
| Nahham: a singer who encourage sailors and divers on the trip.
| W'ssookhah: You don't want to know !! |
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