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The Beden, badan, or alternate type names Beden-seyed and Beden-safar, is a fast, ancient
Somali single or double-masted maritime vessel and ship, typified by its towering stern-post and powerful rudder. It is also the longest surviving
sewn boat
A sewn boat is a type of wooden boat which is clinker built with its planks sewn, stitched, tied, or bound together with tendons or flexible wood, such as roots and willow branches. Sewn boat construction techniques were used in many parts of the ...
in the
Horn of Africa and the
Arabian Peninsula. Its shipyards predominantly lie in the northeastern
Hafun
Hafun ( so, Xaafuun; ar, حافون; grc, Οπώνη, Opṓnē, it, Dante) is a town in the northeastern Bari province of Somalia. Situated in Ras Hafun on the coast of the Guardafui Channel, it is the centre of the Hafun District, and the ea ...
region of
Somalia
Somalia, , Osmanya script: 𐒈𐒝𐒑𐒛𐒐𐒘𐒕𐒖; ar, الصومال, aṣ-Ṣūmāl officially the Federal Republic of SomaliaThe ''Federal Republic of Somalia'' is the country's name per Article 1 of thProvisional Constituti ...
(notably
Bayla
Bayla ( so, Bandar Beyla, ar, بندر بيلا), is a coastal town along the Guardafui Channel in the northeastern Bari region of Somalia. It is the capital of the Bayla District.
History
Bayla is located at the headland of Ras Ma'bar (or ''Ca ...
), as well as
Muscat
Muscat ( ar, مَسْقَط, ) is the capital and most populated city in Oman. It is the seat of the Governorate of Muscat. According to the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI), the total population of Muscat Governorate was ...
. There are 2 types of Beden ships, with one type geared towards fishing (the Beden-seyed) and the other, trading (Beden-safar). The average trading Beden-safar ship measure more than in length, and are significantly larger than the fishing Beden-seyed ships, which measure on average, but both are dwarfed by a much larger trading variant called the 'uwassiye'. This ship is the most common trading and voyaging vessel, with some measuring up to . The ship is noticeable and unique in its strengthened and substantial
gunwale
The gunwale () is the top edge of the hull of a ship or boat.
Originally the structure was the "gun wale" on a sailing warship, a horizontal reinforcing band added at and above the level of a gun deck to offset the stresses created by firin ...
, which is attached by
treenail
A treenail, also trenail, trennel, or trunnel, is a wooden peg, pin, or dowel used to fasten pieces of wood together, especially in timber frames, covered bridges, wooden shipbuilding and boat building. It is driven into a hole bored through two ...
. Originally, all Beden ships were sewn with coiled coconut fibre, holding the hull planking, stem and stern-post. but Omani variants, beginning in the 20th century, began nailing instead of sewing the planks.
The
badan
Badan may refer to:
Arts and media Films
* '' Do Badan'', a 1966 Hindi film directed by Raj Khosla
* ''Jalte Badan'', a 1973 Bollywood drama
* '' Kora Badan'', a 1974 Bollywood drama directed by B.S. Ghad
* '' Kunwara Badan'', a 1973 Bollywood dr ...
from the
Arabian Peninsula and the beden from the
Somali Peninsula are completely different ship types with different designs. The only thing that unites them is the similarity of the name.
[Tom Vosmer (1997]
Indigenous fishing craft of Oman
International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 26.3: 217-235. p.231
See also
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Somali maritime history
Maritime history of Somalia refers to the seafaring tradition of the Somali people. It includes various stages of Somali navigational technology, shipbuilding and design, as well as the history of the Somali port cities. It also covers the histori ...
References
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