MUSIC OUD - An Overview
oud, stringed musical instrument popular in medieval and modern day Islamic music. It's the dad or mum of the European lute. The oud features a deep pear-formed body, a fretless fingerboard, and a relatively shorter neck and considerably fewer acutely bent-back pegbox than the European lute.Alfonso X, “The Clever”, 1221-1284, was King of Castil