Maqam Explained

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

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