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Mizmār muzāwaǧ / ~ muzdāwaǧ (gender unknown)

original: ? (Arabic (Egypt))

? [married Mizmār?]

Hornpipe without a mouthpiece: double chanter (no drone), bell? / reed types?

Identical types: 5

Mentioned by Elsner/Jabès as "one of the various types of widespread used double wind instruments" [mentioned] in references by al-Farabi", with the remark that "Nothing of that can be interpreted as evidence for a double instrument of the Arġūl type"; NB¹: Because the authors fail to explain the reason (or origin) of the 2 different spellings of the adjective (~ muzāwaǧ vs muzdāwaǧ), it remains uncertain whether the two represent entirely distinct meanings, or one of them is a typo; NB²: Compare Zummāra muzdawağa and Mizmār al-muzzawaj (Iraq).


Sources

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