Dhow passengers at Dubai Creek

Dhow passengers at Dubai Creek These travelers may be Hadj pilgrims en-route to Mecca by dhow. In any event they were going to take ship in one of the dhows that were the usual means of sea transporation in the Gulf.

On the far bank can be seen Dubai City, with its water towers and the minaret of the main mosque. The British Political Agents's residence would have been in the left of the photo behind the dhow.