Encyclopaedia Iranica. Balaban.Archiviato il 5 agosto 2011 in Internet Archive.: «BĀLĀBĀN, a cylindrical-bore, double-reed wind instrument about 35cm long with seven finger holes and one thumb hole. The instrument has Armenian origins. It is played in eastern Azerbaijan in Iran and Soviet Azerbaijan (where it is also called düdük).»
R. A. M. Ch e Rakausika राम च 51, The Music Of Azerbaijan, su A World,s Heritage Of Native Music, 18 novembre 2012. URL consultato il 16 maggio 2017.
R. A. M. Ch e Rakausika राम च 51, مقام The Music Of Azerbaijan Vol-02 مقام, su A World,s Heritage Of Native Music, 5 marzo 2013. URL consultato il 16 maggio 2017.
Encyclopaedia Iranica. Balaban.Archiviato il 5 agosto 2011 in Internet Archive.: «BĀLĀBĀN, a cylindrical-bore, double-reed wind instrument about 35cm long with seven finger holes and one thumb hole. The instrument has Armenian origins. It is played in eastern Azerbaijan in Iran and Soviet Azerbaijan (where it is also called düdük).»
Музыкальная энциклопедия. БаламанArchiviato il 30 gennaio 2015 in Internet Archive.. Под ред. Ю. В. Келдыш. Т 1. А — М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1973.