Mihbaj

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A mihbaj (Arabic: مهباج‎) is a traditional Bedouin implement, made of a wooden base with a foot-long pestle, that serves both as a coffee grinder and as a percussion instrument. It is one of the few instruments used in Bedouin music.

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Traditional Arabic musical instruments
Plucked lutes
Buzuq • Gimbri • Guembri • Oud • Sintir
Zithers
Bowed lutes
Lyres
Flutes
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
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