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The rubab is known as "the lion of instruments" and is one of the two national instruments of Afghanistan (with the zerbaghali). Classical Afghan music often features this instrument as a key component. Elsewhere it is known as the Kabuli rebab. In appearance, the Kabuli rubab looks slightly different from the Indian rubab.[10] It is the ancestor of the South Asian sarod, though — unlike the sarod — it is a fretted instrument.[11]

The rubab is attested from the 7th century CE. It is mentioned in old Persian books, and many Sufi poets mention it in their poems. It is the traditional instrument of Khorasan and today it is widely used in countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Kashmir, India, Iran, Turkey, Iraq, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan.[12]

Name of Rubab by size

large: Shah Rubab شاه رباب (Persian: شاه رباب‎, King Size), 21 strings like, 15 sympathetic strings, Shahrud, Shahnai Ney in King Size, Shahtar (Large string). (see to Rubabnamah (Persian: رباب نامه‎) of Sultan Walad, son of Rumi from Balkh.

medium-sized: Rubab (Persian: رباب‎), 19 strings, 13 sympathetic strings

small-sized: Zaliche (Persian: زيلچه‎), 5 sympathetic strings

Rubab accordance with the construction

Seven forms of Rubab. The num­ber seven has the Iran­ian cul­tural area of great im­por­tance Rubab has reg­u­larly twice bodies.​In many va­ri­eties the dou­ble-Cor­pus are close to each other, in some has moved away and again for some is just a body

Various forms of Rubab

Rubab quadrangular Corpus or shell

Rubab with cylindrical-Corpus

Rubab with a ship shape-Corpus

Rubab with pear shape Corpus

Rubab with round corpus

Rubab with oval bowl

Components of Rubab

Kassah or Kasseh (Persian: کاسه‎) = bowl, Shell

Badanah or Badaneh (Persian: بدنه‎) = body

Safah or Safeh (Persian: صفحه‎) = side

Dastah or Desteh (Persian: دسته‎) = Neck (music)

Goshi (Persian: گوشی‌‎) = Tuning peg

Sheitanak (little devil) (Persian: شیطانک‎) Nut (string instrument)

Seemgeer (Persian: سیم گیر‎) = Site for binding the strings below the Corpus

Sar Penjah or Ser Panjeh (Persian: سر پنجه‎) or Taj(Persian: تاج‎)

Pust (Persian: پوست‎) = Pelt or Skin of goat

Kharak ("little donkey" or trestle) (Persian: خرک‎) = Bridge (instrument), secured on fur

Mezrab (Persian: مضراب‎)= Plectrum

Construction

2011 postal stamp of Azerbaijan depicting a 19th century Rubab.

2011 postal stamp of Azerbaijan depicting a 19th century Rubab.

The rubab is a short-necked lute whose body is carved out of a sin­gle piece of wood, with a mem­brane, cov­er­ing the hol­low bowl of the sound-cham­ber, upon which the bridge is po­si­tioned. It has three melody strings tuned in fourths, two or three drone strings and up to 15 sym­pa­thetic strings. The in­stru­ment is made from the trunk of a mul­berry tree, the head from an an­i­mal skin such as goat, and the strings ei­ther gut (from the in­testines of young goats, brought to the size of thread) or nylon.