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Mizmār qirba [or Mizmar al-qirbat?] (gender unknown)

(with) definite article: ?

original: [مِزملر قىربَ ؟]

instrument with [a] bag [?]

Bagpipe, mouth-blown: 1 stock (double chanter) / no drones

Identical types: 35

Al-qirbat: goatskin bag (!); NB¹: Also mentioned in Idries Shah, »The Englishman's handbook: or How to deal with foreigners« (London, 2000; NB²: Note the (Not too serious; ws) § on bagpipes (p.95 [bottom] – 98 [upper half])); NB³: According to Elsner/Jabès, who inform us that "its pair of melody pipes is similar to that of the Zummāra", the instrument is particularly popular in the oases.

Ṣaḥrāwī, Zouggarah, Zouhara


Sources

Elsner, Jürgen & Jabès, Andrée: Der Arġūl. In: Collaer [et al.]: Nordafrika (1983), p.42 (mizmār qirba).

Web

Google books (Shah, p.95-98 [on bagpipes; Find mizmar: p.97 (Mizmar al-qirbat)]).