<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">tanburas</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>bowl lyres</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>tamburas</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>tanbura</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>tanburs</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>tumburas</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Lyres of the Mediterranean and Persian Gulf regions, having a circular or bowl-shaped body from which protrude two skin-covered arms, forming two sides of an isosceles triangle whose base is a yoke from which five or six strings, usually of gut, extend to the lower part of the body, attached there to a metal ring which also serves as a bridge. ]]></note></mads>