For other uses, see Tanbur (disambiguation).

The tanbūra is a bowl lyre of the Middle East and East Africa which takes its name from the Persian Tanbur via the Arabic tunbur (طنبور), though this term refers to long-necked lutes.^[1] The instrument plays an important role in Zār rituals^[1]. The instrument probably originated in Upper Egypt and the Sudan ^[1] and is used in the Fann At-Tanbura in the Persian Gulf Arab states.

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• The Tambura
• The zar and the tumbura cults
• Sudanese lyre audio samples

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