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Which double-reed wind instrument, known in Persia from the 6th century AD, spread with Islam and became a central voice in Ottoman mehter military bands? Related variants show up in Italian mountain shepherd flutes and across North Africa.
The zurna is a loud double-reed instrument, played in Turkish folk music alongside the davul drum in Turkey. Related zurnas are also played in the mountains of Italy, alongside similar reed pipes in the Balkans and North Africa.