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BARBAT
Barbat is a stringed instrument played by plucking and used primarily at the medieval Azerbaijani court. According to Nizami Ganjavi, a
renown Azerbaijani poet of the 12th century, barbat was invented by a well-known musician, singer and composer called Barbed,
described in his poem Khosrow and Shirin. Historic sources mention 3, 8 and 10-stringed versions of this tool.
The State Museum of Musical
Culture of Azerbaijan, 16108
1982