Iraqi Maqam () is a genre of Arabic maqam music found in Iraq. The roots of modern Iraqi maqam can be traced as far back as the Abbasid Caliphate, when that large empire was controlled from Baghdad. The ensemble of instruments used in this genre, called Al Chalghi al Baghdadi, includes a qari' (singer), santur, goblet drum, joza, cello, and sometimes oud and naqqarat. The focus is on the poem sung in classical Arabic or an Iraqi dialect (then called zuhayri). A complete maqam concert is known as fasl (plural fusul) and is named after the first maqam: Bayat, Hijaz, Rast, Nawa, or Husayni. A typical performance includes the following sections: tahrir, sometimes badwah taslum finalis Maqama texts are often derived from classical Arabic poetry, such as by al-Mutanabbi, Jawahiri, al-Mutanabbi and Abu Nuwas. Some performers used traditional sources translated into the dialect of Baghdad, and still others use Arabic, Turkish, Armenian, Hebrew, Turkmen, Aramaic or Persian language lyrics. Due to Iraq's to diversity, different ethnic groups use this genre in their own language. Famous maqam singers There are many maqam iraqi singers including: Ahmed Zaydan Rashid Qundarchi Mohammad Qubbanchi Hussein al-A'dhami Najm al-Shaykhli Hassan Khaiwka Hashim al-Rejab Yusuf Omar Farida Mohammad Ali Abdulrahman Khidhr Hamed al-Sa‘di Nazem Al-Ghazali Filfel Gourgy Affifa Iskandar Mulla Hasan al-Babujachi Rahmat Allah Shiltagh Khalil Rabbaz Rahmain Niftar Rubin Rajwan Mulla Uthman al-Mawsili Jamil al-Baghdadi Salman Moshe Yusuf Huresh Abbas Kambir Farida al-A‘dhami See also Music of Iraq External links Famous Iraqi Maqam Singers Iraqi Maqam Genres of Secular Art Music Al-maqam al-'iraqi General information about Iraqi Maqam References Iraqi music Arabic music Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity Maqam-based music tradition