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from: Jas's-- Middle Eastern Rhythms page naqqaaraat |
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Photo: ?
from
Maqaamaat by Hariirii, painted in Baghdad in 1237 that shows large kettle
drums
carried on camels. The caption in "The World of Islam" (Bernard
Lewis, 1976)
says that they are naqqaaraat -- a paired set of kettle drums