daf or qaval
http://www.iran-daily.com/content/imgca ... 50_365.jpg"The daf is a frame drum, also called qaval, that is widely used in Azerbaijani folk music as well as in the classical mugham. Fish, goat skin, or nowadays plastic provides the playing surface. Jingling metal rings are sometimes attached to the inside of the frame."
There's an audio sample on the page - doesn't sound like a steep learning curve.
http://www.folkways.si.edu/magazine-spr ... mithsonian"A daf is a large-sized tambourine used to accompany both popular and classical music in Iran, Azerbaijan, Turkey (where it is called tef), Uzbekistan (where it's called childirma), India (where it is known as the Dafli) and Turkmenistan. Daf typically indicates the beat and tempo of the music being played, thus acts like the conductor in the monophonic oriental music. The Persian poet Rudaki, who widely used names of the musical instruments in his poems, mentions the daf and the tambourine (taboorak) in a Ruba'i:
A common use of tambourine (Daf) is by Albanians. They are often played by women and bridesmaids in wedding cases to lead the ceremony when bride walks down the aisle."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tambourine#Daf