Is an Iranian[1][2][3][4] long-necked, waisted instrument, shared by many cultures and countries including Iran, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, and others near the Caucasus region.[1][2][5] The word tār means "string" in Persian, The "Azerbaijani tar" or "11 string tar" is an instrument in a slightly different shape from the Persian Tar and was developed from the Persian tar around 1870 by Sadigjan. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tar_(string_instrument)