[oman-l] Uru

[Peter Franzisky]

Dear Oman Maillist-members:

I have a question upon an special kind of wooden boat, which is used in the
indian ocean and which I know under the Name "Uru". I don's know much more,
except of the facts that these boats are produced in the indian town of
beypur and that these boats are still used in the Persian gulf. Could be,
that the name "uru" is not arabic, but indian?

Does somebody maybe know something upon these "uru"-boats? Could somebody
maybe describe it? I don't mean Dhows in common, although the
"uru" is probably also a boat which can be called under this
collective-word.

Maybe how the "uru" looks? How big it is? How much load it can carry? How
many people it needs to be sailed? Where is it still used? How many poles
does it have?
Between which countries does it sail? Something typical? Or something
extraordinary? Is it still built in the old, handmade way (I know some
things about the arabian boats commonly all called Dhow)?

Could somebody give me an idea, in which book I could find more informations
about the "uru" (it would be nice, to get this book in german university
libarary)? 

Or does somebody know someone who could know more??

Many questions, as you see.... but inshallah there'll come some light in
these strange Uru....

Thanks a lot in advance
K. Kabasci


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Kirstin Kabasci
Am Zuckerberg 3
Germany
50668 Koeln
Tel. und Fax: 0221/725751
E.Mail: a2219328@smail.uni-koeln.de


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Peter Franzisky, Hamburger Str. 19, 50668 Köln, Germany
Tel. 0221-9130920, Fax 0221-9130921