The zummárah-bi-soan (or sumara-el-kurbe) is a type of small Egyptian double-chantered[1] bagpipe made from a goatskin. An 1871 Western source noted that it is "sometimes, but rarely, seen in Egypt."[2] The South Kensington museum also noted the term zouggarah as an Egyptian Arabic term for a bagpipe.[3]
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- ^ Amnon Shiloah (May 2003). Music in the World of Islam. Wayne State University Press. pp. 162–. ISBN 978-0-8143-2970-2. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ Edward William Lane (1871). An account of the manners and customs of the modern Egyptians: written in Egypt during the years 1833, -34, and -35, partly from notes made during a former visit to that country in the years 1825, -26, -27, and -28... J. Murrary. pp. 74–. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
- ^ South Kensington Museum (1874). A descriptive catalogue of the musical instruments in the South Kensington Museum. H.M.S.O. pp. 214–. Retrieved 28 February 2012.