Jirba

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The jirba (قربة; also transliterated dzirba) is a droneless, single-reed, double-chantered bagpipe played on Bahrain, particularly by ethnic Iranians, as well as on the Kuwaiti island of Faylaka.

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v • d • e Traditional Arabic musical instruments

Plucked lutes	Buzuq • Gimbri • Guembri • Oud • Sintir

Zithers	Qanun

Bowed lutes	Kamanjah • Rababa

Lyres	Simsimiyya • Tanbūra • Kissar

Flutes	Ney • Kawala

Reed instruments	Arghul • Habban • Jirba • Mijwiz • Mizmar • Mizwad • Rhaita

Drums	Bendir • Daf • Goblet drum • Mazhar • Naqara • Naqareh • Riq • Tar • Tabl baladi

Other percussion	Krakebs • Mihbaj • Sagat (zills) • Sistrum