Encyclopaedia Iranica. Balaban.Архивирано на сајту Wayback Machine (5. август 2011): «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. БаламанАрхивирано на сајту Wayback Machine (30. јануар 2015). Под ред. Ю. В. Келдыш. Т 1. А — М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1973.
Encyclopaedia Iranica. Balaban.Архивирано на сајту Wayback Machine (5. август 2011): «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. БаламанАрхивирано на сајту Wayback Machine (30. јануар 2015). Под ред. Ю. В. Келдыш. Т 1. А — М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1973.