On a traditional Gulf pearling boat, what was the role of the crew member called the seeb?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. The hauler who supported the diving operations
- Step 1: The crew of Gulf pearling boats included divers (ghaws), captains (nakhuda) and haulers (seeb), with assistants radheef and tabab, who supported the diving operations. Answer: The hauler who supported the diving operations. Other specialised roles were singers (naham), cooks (tabbakh), religious scholars (mutuwa'a), bookkeepers (kuttab), shell openers (jallas), boatswains (wa'adi, dukkan) and helmsmen (mujaddami). Why not the others: The cook who prepared meals for the crew, the bookkeeper who kept the accounts and the helmsman who steered the boat don't fit.
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