Batil (ship)

Model of batil in Doha, Qatar

Batil (Arabic: بتيل batīl), also spelled bateel or battil, is a traditional type of sailing vessel from Kuwait with a fiddle-headed bow and a high sternboard.^[1]

A batil on the obverse side of the Kuwaiti 1-Dinar note

References

1. Dickson, H.R.P. The Arab of the Desert 2015 Routledge ISBN 9781138845749