The ship, named after the city of Sohar in Oman, was completely hand-made, using traditional boat-building techniques, and no metal was used in its construction.
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Jones, impressed by Ali's observation skills and his wide knowledge about marine life, called the species Abudefduf manikfani.
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In 1981 Ali Manikfan was given the responsibility of making a reconstruction of an ancient Arab trading ship, the Sohar, by Irish adventurer Tim Severin.
Muhammad Ali | Hyder Ali | Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Ali | Muhammad Ali of Egypt | Zulfikar Ali Bhutto | Ali Akbar Khan | Tariq Ali | Saif Ali Khan | Asif Ali Zardari | Ali Shariati | Ali Abdullah Saleh | Ali Mohammed Ghedi | Ali Khamenei | Ali Pasha | Ali G Indahouse | Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan | Husayn ibn Ali | Hasan ibn Ali | Ali Imam | Michael Nazir-Ali | Laila Ali | Jebel Ali | Ali Baba | Zine El Abidine Ben Ali | Wajid Ali Shah | Shakir Ali | Mohammed Hussein Ali | Ayaan Hirsi Ali | Ali Ryerson |
Father of Dhaigandu Ganduvaru Mohamed Manikfan and Kondey Ali Manikfan who is the origin of the branches of Isdhoo dynasty in Addu and Huvadhu Atolls except for the branch of the descendents of Sultan Hasan X of Isdhoo dynasty.