Ziryab's Oud

Ziryab was a polymath from the medieval Islamic period who helped make changes to music, fashion, hygenie and food that still live on today. These included changing clothes to the season, new styles of shaving, an early form of toothpaste, introducing asparagus, eating meals as separate courses, and adding a fifth pair of strings to the oud, a pear-shaped string instrument similar to the lute. Whoever plays it will be able to innovate ideas in many different categories.