Why This Guitar

Product Highlights

Authentic Tone with Cedar & Rosewood
Enhanced Playability with Truss Rod — A rare feature in traditional ouds, the C-i0 includes an integrated truss rod.
Professional Luthier Heritage — This professional Iraqi-style oud is designed for serious players, offering the authentic sound, feel, and response required for performance and recording.
Bowl-Back Construction construction
Crafted with a warm Cedar top and a resonant Rosewood body, this instrument delivers a sound that is both warm and precise, ideal for traditional and contemporary Middle Eastern music.

Available Since: August, 2026
Item No.: 20100028
Local SKU: OS

Authentic Tone with Cedar & Rosewood

Crafted with a solid Cedar top and an Indian Rosewood bowl, the Zeriab C-i0 produces a tone that is exceptionally warm, articulate, and precise. This classic wood combination is favored for its responsiveness and ability to convey the nuanced microtonal details of oud music, offering excellent projection and resonance.

Enhanced Playability with Truss Rod

A rare feature in traditional ouds, the C-i0 includes an integrated truss rod. This modern innovation, borrowed from guitar making, allows the player to precisely adjust the neck's curvature, customizing the string action for unparalleled comfort and playability, and helping to maintain neck stability through changing conditions.

Professional Luthier Heritage

Built by Zeryab, descendants of the world-renowned Ali Khalifa family of luthiers, this instrument carries a legacy of quality dating back to 1948. This professional Iraqi-style oud is designed for serious players, offering the authentic sound, feel, and response required for performance and recording.

BY THE NUMBERS

Technical Specifications

Hardware & Setup

Body & Build

Finish & Colour

Hand OrientationNot specified

EssentialNo

Pickup CapabilityYes

Construction TypeBowl-Back Construction

Decorative InlayNot specified

EssentialNo

Fingerboard MaterialEbony

FinishNot specified

Neck MaterialNot specified

Number of Strings11

Scale Length58.5 cm

Top MaterialCedar

Soundboard MaterialCedar

Bowl MaterialSidr

Instrument TypeOud

Everything you receive

What's In The Box

Zeriab C-i0 Professional Iraqi Oud, 11-String, Cedar Top
Owner's Manual

Zeriab

The Maker

About Zeriab

Zeryab crafts traditional ouds inspired by the instrument-making heritage of the Arab world. Its Syrian and Arabic-style models pair carefully selected tonewoods with expressive resonance, giving students and performers instruments suited to the nuance, ornamentation, and rich voice of Middle Eastern music.

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Expert answers

Questions & Answers

6 questions answered by aDawliah experts·avg response 2 hours

An oud is a traditional pear-shaped, fretless stringed instrument, similar to a lute, that is central to music throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and surrounding regions.

This is a professional-grade Iraqi-style oud, known for its distinct construction and resonant tonal characteristics within the world of Arabic music.

It features a solid Cedar top for a warm, responsive sound, paired with an Indian Rosewood bowl (body). The fingerboard and tuning pegs are crafted from durable Ebony.

While this is a professional-grade instrument, its high quality and unique adjustable truss rod for comfortable action can also benefit a serious beginner dedicated to learning the oud.

No, the Zeriab C-i0 is a fully acoustic instrument and does not come with a built-in pickup or preamp system. It is designed for traditional acoustic performance.

This oud includes a heavily padded protective cover for transport and storage, as well as three traditional rishas (picks) to get you started.

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