oud, stringed musical instrument notable in medieval and fashionable Islamic music. It is the guardian of the European lute. The oud incorporates a deep pear-formed body, a fretless fingerboard, and a relatively shorter neck and to some degree significantly less acutely bent-back again pegbox than the eu lute.Alfonso X, “The Intelligent”, 1221-

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