Bendir

Bendir

A bendir with snares
Hornbostel–Sachs classification	211.3 (Membranophone)

The bendir (Arabic: بندير, bindīr; pl.: بنادير, binādīr) is a wooden-framed frame drum of North Africa and Southwest Asia.^[1]

The bendir is a traditional instrument that is played throughout North Africa, as well as in Sufi ceremonies; it was played, too, in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia.^[2] In Turkish, the word bendir means "a big hand frame drum".^{[citation needed]}