Maqam

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Maqam, makam, maqaam or maqām (plural maqāmāt) may refer to:

Musical structures

  • Arabic maqam, melodic modes in traditional Arabic music
    • Iraqi maqam, a genre of Arabic maqam music found in Iraq
  • Persian maqam, a notion in Persian classical music
  • Turkish makam, a Turkish system of melody types
  • Muqam, a melody type from Uyghur culture
  • Mugham, a music tradition of Azerbaijani cultures
  • Shashmaqam ("six maqams"), a musical genre typical of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan
  • Weekly Maqam, melody types used in weekly prayer services of Sephardic Jewish culture

Individual maqamat

  • Hijaz (maqam)
  • Rast (maqam)

Other uses

  • Maqam (shrine), a tomb of a Muslim holy person
  • Maqam (Sufism), any spiritual stage in the Sufi path
  • Maqam, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
  • Al-Maqam Mosque, Basra, Iraq
  • MAQAM, a US-based production company specializing in Arabic and Middle Eastern media

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Makam
  • All pages with titles containing Maqam
  • Maqamat (disambiguation)
  • Muqaam, 2022 Indian film
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