Sambuk

A sambuk was a sailing ship with a single, triangular sail. It was a type of dhow.
==Description==
A sambuk typically had a keel length of around long and had a beam or width of . Rather than a sterncastle, it had only a raised platform. Navigation was via a rudder at the stern and the lateen sails. It was slightly more reliable than a barijah, as it could be sailed in all seas.
A sambuk was crewed by 15–20 sailors and could carry 80 passengers or .
==In Zakhara==
The sambuk was the second-most common ship in Zakhara after the barijah.
==History==
In the , the Grand Caliph Arash bint Sanjar sent an armada of sambuks to the Utter East. From these vessels, the corsairs launched a surprise attack on the Five Kingdoms, swiftly overrunning and seizing their defenseless port cities. Then legions of askar disembarked, beginning the Scouring of the Utter East. By the end, his forces boarded their sambuks and sailed home again.
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