Tanbur

*Tanbur*
	Musician and luthier Ghobad Ghobadi (تنبورقبادی), a face of Yarsanism, plays a tanbur. Ghobadi makes tanburs in the Yarsan tradition.
String instrument
Classification	Plucked string instrument; fretted lute
Related instruments
	Bağlama (Saz); Bouzouki; Çifteli; Dotara; Dramyin; Dutar; Rawap; Pamiri rubab; Sataer; Setar; Sato; Setor; Sitar; Tambura; Tamboori; Tambouras; Tamburica; Kurdish tanbur; Turkish tambur; Yaylı tambur; Tanpura; Taar; Tembor;

The term Tanbur can refer to various long-necked string instruments originating in Mesopotamia, Southern or Central Asia. According to the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "terminology presents a complicated situation. Nowadays the term tanbur (or tambur) is applied to a variety of distinct and related long-necked lutes used in art and folk traditions. Similar or identical instruments are also known by other terms." These instruments are used in the traditional music of Iran, Iraq, India, Armenia, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan (especially Avar community), Pakistan, Turkey, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan.