An ashugh is a mystic bard from the South Caucasus, Iran, and Turkey, who would accompany a song with a long-necked lute called a saz.
An ashiq is another term for an ashugh, a mystic bard, balladeer or troubadour in the South Caucasus, Iran and Turkey, who acompanied his song with a long-necked lute called a saz.
An ashik is another term for an ashugh, a mystic bard, balladeer or troubadour in the South Caucasus, Iran and Turkey, who accompanied his song with a long-necked lute called a saz.