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Kamānche, Wood, metal, bone, gut, Iranian (Persian) — Kamānche
Iranian (Persian)
ca. 1880

Tombak, Various woods, bone, brass, skin, Iranian (Persian) — Tombak
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th century

Kamanche, Wood, metal, etc., Iranian (Persian) — Kamanche
Iranian (Persian)
ca. 1869

Sorna, wood, brass, bone, horn, reed, Iranian (Persian) — Sorna
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th century

Tār (تار‎ ), Bone, wood, brass, parchment, various materials, Iranian (Persian) — Tār (تار‎ )
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th century

Tār-e Jorre (small tār), Wood, skin, metal, mother of pearl, Iranian (Persian) — Tār-e Jorre (small tār)
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th century

Ney, reed, metal, hide, Iranian (Persian) — Ney
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th Century

Dayere, Wood, metal, skin, bone, horn, Iranian (Persian) — Dayere
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th century

Tār, Wood, bladder?, bone, mother-of-pearl, Iranian (Persian) — Tār
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th century

Tombak, Brass, parchment, Iranian (Persian) — Tombak
Iranian (Persian)
19th century

Tanbūr, mulberry, walnut, mother-of-pearl, camel bone, wire, Iranian (Persian) — Tanbūr
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th century

Setar, Hāj Tāher, Wood, bone, wire, Iranian (Persian) — Setar
attributed to Hāj Tāher
19th century

Tombak, Wood, skin or parchment, Iranian (Persian) — Tombak
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th century

Daira, wood, hide, metal, foil, Iranian (Persian) — Daira
Iranian (Persian)
19th century

Tar, Wood, strings, Iranian (Persian) — Tar
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th century

Tanbour, Wood, string, Iranian (Persian) — Tanbour
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th century

Nāy-i narm, wood, metal, Iranian (Persian) — Nāy-i narm
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th century

Sorna, wood, bone, metal, Iranian (Persian) — Sorna
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th century

Sutak, Brass, Iranian (Persian) — Sutak
Iranian (Persian)
19th century

Kāmanche (کمچ), wood, paint, fish skin, metal, Iranian (Persian) — Kāmanche (کمچ)
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th century

Ṭab'l-e bāz, Iron, skin, leather, Iranian (Persian) — Ṭab'l-e bāz
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th century

Dohol, Wood, skin, paper, metal, Iranian (Persian) — Dohol
Iranian (Persian)
19th century

Nāgara (Naqqāra), Copper, skin, cord, Iranian (Persian) — Nāgara (Naqqāra)
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th century

Sendj, brass, Iranian (Persian) — Sendj
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th Century

Zeng, Metal, leather, Iranian (Persian) — Zeng
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th Century

Qashoa (Ghashoghak), wood, metal, Iranian (Persian) — Qashoa (Ghashoghak)
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th Century

Zanguleh (zangula), Metal, Iranian (Persian) — Zanguleh (zangula)
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th Century

Zanguleh (zangula), Metal, wood, Iranian (Persian) — Zanguleh (zangula)
Iranian (Persian)
ca. 1850–89

Karnā, brass, Iranian (Persian) — Karnā
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th Century

Karnāl, brass, Iranian (Persian) — Karnāl
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th Century

Sorna, Wood, metal, Iranian (Persian) — Sorna
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th century

Sūt, wood, Iranian (Persian) — Sūt
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th Century

Nafir, Horn (goat?), Iranian (Persian) — Nafir
Iranian (Persian)
late 19th century

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