Rebab
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Rebab is the name of several related string instruments that independently spread via Islamic trading routes over much of North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and parts of Europe.
K.P.H. Notoprojo, famous Indonesian Rebab player
Rebabs, Mevlâna mausoleum, Konya, Turkey
Rebab from Yemen.
Bedouin playing a rebab during World War II
Rubab (instrument)
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The rubab or robab is a lute-like musical instrument of Central Asian origin. It is the national musical instrument of Afghanistan and is also commonly played in India and Pakistan, mostly by Balochis
Rebab
…A short-necked double-chested or "boat-shaped" variant; plucked versions like the Maghreb rebab and the kabuli rebab (sometimes referred to as the robab or rubab) also exist. Besides the spike fiddle variant, a variant with a pear-shaped body, quite similar to the Byzantine lyra and the Cretan lyra…
Rubab
Iranian style rubab from the 13th century C.E., found in Rayy (near Tehran, Iran)
Kushan Empire, 1st to 3rd century. Lute or vina, from the Yusufzai district near Peshawar. Greco Buddhist (Gandhara School). Resembles rubab, sarod and tungna.
Mongolian lute, circa 1297, tomb of Wang Qing, China