<?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">&apos;ūds</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>lutelike chordophones with short neck: plucked</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>&apos;īdān</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>&apos;ūd</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>oud</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ouds</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>uds</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>ûds</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>&apos;idan</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>&apos;ud</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Short-necked, fretless lutelike chordophones of the Arab world, the direct ancestors of European lutes, strung in double courses and played with a plectrum. The large soundbox is built of ribs of lightweight wood with a strongly rounded back and flat belly, one large or two or three small sound holes, a bridge on the lower part of the belly, and a piece of fishskin, leather, or shell above the bridge to protect the belly from the strokes of the plectrum. ]]></note></mads>