The answer to the fiddle in the following maqama by al-Hamadhani is explained at the end:

'Isa ibn Hisham related to us and said: I entered Basra when I was wide of fame and abundant of reputation; and there came to me two young men. One of them said: "May God strengthen the Shaikh! this youth entered our house and seized a kitten with vertigo in its head, with the sacred cord" and a whirling sphere around its middle. Gentle of voice, if it cries; quick to return, if it flees; long of skirt, if it pulls; slender of waist, weak of chest. of the size of a plump sheep. Staying in the town, yet not abandoning travel. If it he given a thing, it returns it. If it be tasked with a journey, it goes energetically, and if it is...