oud, stringed musical instrument popular in medieval and modern Islamic music. It's the parent of the European lute. The oud features a deep pear-shaped system, a fretless fingerboard, and a comparatively shorter neck and relatively significantly less acutely bent-back pegbox than the European lute. Alfonso X, “The Clever”, 1221-1284, https://holdenrfsdn.blogofchange.com/35536071/little-known-facts-about-music-oud