According to archeological discoveries, this musical instrument dates back to five thousand years ago, the Sumerian civilization and the city of Ur.
BARBAT means chest of duck and is made of wood which is the lowest bass musical instrument among Iranian stringed instruments.
This instrument has been mentioned in the poems and books of ancient Iranian poets and writers such as Hafez, Ferdowsi, Khayyam and Rumi.
Barbod, Nakisa, Ramtin, and Bamshad are declared as the ancient Iranian BARBAT players.
Guitar was first created in Spain by an Iranian musician named Zaryab Saz, by merging BARBAT with TAR.









