Nakhoda Ali bin Ahmed Al Dhahab

Born in the Omani city of Sur; neither his exact date of birth nor death is known, but he is known to have lived until the early 20th century and was therefore born in the 19th century. He lived through the period of the crisis of the French flags granted to Sur ships, between Britain and France, as a result of which the matter reached the International Court of Justice in The Hague following the incidents of 1903 [1]. The declaration issued by Sultan Turki bin Faisal included the name of the ship the nakhoda owned, namely:- 1 = the ship "Samhan". 2 = the ship "Fath Al Khair".

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[1] Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi — The Omani Documents in the French Archives Centre — 1st ed. — 1993 — p. 295 Reference: Hammoud bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Ghailani — Maritime History and Shipbuilding in the Omani City of Sur — Arabic Press — 2006