Q:Facts: - instrument: lute , oud - years active: 1953 -- 97 - death date: 1997 1930 9 - genre: middle eastern music - notable instruments: oud - occupation: musician - death place: budapest , hungary - |origin: mosul , iraq Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of munir bashir .
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munir bashir , the '' king of oud '' -lrb- , -rrb- -lrb- 1930 -- september 28 , 1997 -rrb- was an iraqi assyrian musician and one of the most famous musicians in the middle east during the 20th century and was considered to be the supreme master of the arab maqamat scale system .he created different styles of the arabian short scaled lute , the oud .he was one of the first middle eastern instrumentalists known to europe and america .bashir 's music is distinguished by a novel style of improvisation that reflects his study of indian and european tonal art in addition to oriental forms .born in iraq , he had to deal with numerous disruptions of violent coup attempts and multiple wars that the country went through .he would eventually exile to europe and become noticeable first in hungary .