title: Maqam
text: # Maqam
  
  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
     * List of Turkish makams
  * 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
  