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Portrait of a music group in the Naser al-Din Shah Qajar era, 1886
17th century fresco at Chehel Sotoun showing musicians at a 1658 entertainment, in which Shah Abbas II hosted Nadr Mohammed Khan.

Persian musical instruments or Iranian musical instruments can be broadly classified into three categories: classical, Western and folk. Most of Persian musical instruments spread in the former Persian Empires states all over the Middle East, Caucasus, Central Asia and through adaptation, relations, and trade, in Europe and far regions of Asia. In ancient era, the Silk road had an effective role in this distribution.

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Oud

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direct successor of the Persian barbat lute. The oldest surviving oud is thought to be in Brussels, at the Museum of Musical Instruments. An early description...

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Daf

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Tanbur

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Santur

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(dastgahs) of Persian classical music. These 12 Dastgahs are the repertory of Persian classical music known as the Radif. Similar musical instruments have been...

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Setar

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Zill

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finger cymbals, are part of a family of musical instruments known as clappers. Clappers are musical instruments made of wood, bone, metal, and other substances...

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Ney

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Kus

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Dutar

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Nafir

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Rud

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Santoor

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Tombak

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