A pirate vessel encountered in the Persian Gulf. This boat is misidentified as Arab Pirate Boat in Folkard's The Sailing Boat (1901). Upon closer inspection this boat has Malay characteristics in it: It may be a padewakang of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The reason why this vessel is 8000 km away from its home is unknown. See <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.pinisi.org/TelukPersia.html">https://www.pinisi.org/TelukPersia.html</a>
<p>Excerpt from the book:
ARMED VESSEL IN PERSIAN GULF. 
</p><p>Modern naval architecture has not penetrated far into this part of the world, and evidently the shipbuilders and ship-men cling religiously to the manners and customs which their forefathers have handed down to them with full instructions to be like the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not. Certainly this craft does not show any signs of having yielded to the flirtations of modern times and inventions. The Malays were great rovers, and this craft, although on the coast of the Persian Gulf, carries much Malay character with it. The double outside rudders almost remind us nf the twin screws in home waters at the present day. Still, the dhow character predominates, with the two masts and high stern, more encrusted than the Mohammedan dhow, yet with a square transom ; the mast-head is Malay in form, hut the gong is not at all a Malay instrument of music. 
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The armament of this vessel must have shaken her pretty well if frequently discharged, unless the charges used were small and the powder weak a safeguard often thoughtfully arranged by the purveyor.
Robert Taylor Pritchett
Pritchett, Robert Taylor (1899). <i>Pen and pencil sketches of shipping and craft all round the world</i>. London: Edward Arnold.<br><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://archive.org/details/penpencilsketche00prit/page/135/mode/2up">https://archive.org/details/penpencilsketche00prit/page/135/mode/2up</a>