Below - The battil qarib Mansoor on the passage from Musandam to Muscat.
Photograph courtesy of Alan Burrell.

Right - Battil bow: the decorated stem
of a battil qarib, Kumzar.
Photograph courtesy of Roger Garwood.

Below - Battil stern: the
decorated stern fin
(fashin) of a battil qarib.
Photograph courtesy of Roger Garwood.

Right - Battils and zarooqas drawn up on the beach, Musandam.
Photograph courtesy of Roger Garwood.


Below - A zarooqa fishing in Khawr Kumzar.
Photograph courtesy of John Walker.