Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar was a ___________ player of profound depth, favouring sparse and slow realisations of ragas.

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- Identify the musician: Ustad Zia Mohiuddin Dagar belonged to the Dagar family, famous for the dhrupad tradition.
- Instrument associated: He was internationally renowned as a master of the rudra veena (also called been), a large plucked string instrument used in dhrupad.
- Style match: The description “player of profound depth, favouring sparse and slow realisations of ragas” matches the alap-heavy, slow-tempo dhrupad style performed on the rudra veena.
- Compare with options: (1) Sitar, (2) Violin, (3) Flute do not match his known instrument; (4) Rudra veena is correct.

FINAL_ANSWER: d

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