Maqam
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Maqam may refer to:
Musical structures[edit]
- Arabic maqam, melodic modes in traditional Arabic music
- Turkish makam, a Turkish system of melody types
- Iraqi maqam, an Iraqi melodic system
- Hijaz-Nahawand maqam
- 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 ised in weekly prayer services of Sephardic Jewish culture
Other uses[edit]
- MAQAM, a media company specializing in Arabic and Middle Eastern media
- Maqaam, spiritual stages in the Sufi path
- Maqam (shrine), a tomb of a Muslim holy person
- Maqam, Iran, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
- Al-Maqam Mosque, Basra, Iraq