arabian golf

ok, so at unesco, a cultural space in beirut with a theater and everything, there was an exhibition of new, but very old style paintings of arabic culture. most were scenes of the old ruins around lebanon that looked like they were from hundreds of years ago. while checking out the work i came across the painting on the left. yeah, it's a golfer. i think i remember once reading about the 17th century arabian golfers, they were from the gulf...