The sallaneh is a newly developed plucked string instrument made under the supervision of the Iran

Iran

Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

ian musician Hossein Alizadeh

Hossein Alizadeh

Hossein Alizadeh , is an Iranian composer, radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and tar and setar instrumentalist and improviser, described by Allmusic as a leading Iranian classical composer and musician....

, and constructed by Siamak Afshari. It is inspired by the ancient Persian lute called barbat

Barbat (lute)

The barbat or barbud is a lute of ancient Persian origin. The Arabic Oud is derived from an ancient Persian barbat. Today's barbat, however, is essentially the same thing as today's oud: the instrument is often called the barbat when played in a Persian tradition, while called the oud when played...

. The barbat used to have three strings but Sallaneh has six melody and six harmonic strings giving Alizadeh a new realm in lower tones.¹