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Nakhoda Saeed bin Mubarak Al Ateeqi Al Farsi

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Nakhoda Saeed bin Mubarak Al Ateeqi Al Farsi: born in the Omani city of Sur in 1924 and, at the time this book was written, still living in his town of Sur Al Afia. One of the well-known nakhodas, he owned a single ship and worked for a number of shipowners in Sur, travelling between Oman, Africa, India, Yemen and the Arab Gulf states. He is among the few Sur nakhodas who reached Burma. 1 = He owned a ship named "Fath Al Khair", of the sambuk type. As for the ships on which he served as nakhoda: 1 = "Al Tariq", of the boom type, owned by Sheikh Salem bin Nasser Al Farsi.

2 = "Fath Al Khair", of the ghanja type, owned by the sons of Shila. 3 = "Al Nasiri", of the boom type, owned by Sheikh Salem bin Nasser Al Farsi — after the death of his brother Nakhoda Abdullah bin Mubarak Al Ateeqi Al Farsi, who had been nakhoda of Al Nasiri until his death. 4 = He served as nakhoda of a boom-type ship owned by Nakhoda Khamis bin Mubarak Al Fanna Al Oraimi.
Reference: Hammoud bin Hamad bin Mohammed Al Ghailani — Maritime History and Shipbuilding in the Omani City of Sur — Arabic Press — 2006
مدينة ساحلية للسفن الشراعية والحصون والتراث على خليج عُمان.
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