26 – Maqam (Tarz) Imanem Yar (“Our Faith Comes from the Beloved”)

Range: D, E (and E♭), F, G, A, B♭.

Variable notes: E.

Time signatures in the metric sections: 19/8, 23/8.

Tuning: Haft Dastan or Barz (C, C, G)

It is one of the kalam maqams (sacred melodic-modal pieces in the tanbur repertoire of the Yarsan, or Ahl-e Haqq), which, according to Heydar Kaki, “has rhythmic cycles of 19 beats and 23 beats.” The refrain (sarband) of this maqam is the first stanza (a single line):

Imanem yar, ey renginem yar

Our faith and our adornment come from the Beloved.

This maqam, which appears in Bargah Bargah, was composed, as Ali Akbar Moradi indicates, in praise of Soltan Sahak. Bargah Bargah has also been explained earlier. In the view of Farzad Bazgir, apart from the maqam Imanem Yar, several other maqams are attributed to Baba Yadegar, including “Hey Imanem Yar Gian Renginem Yar,” “Khiyal Masa (Hey Gian),” “Hey Gian 1 and 2,” “Baliha,” “Tanamiri,” “Hey Dus,” “Khas Bajana” and “Rezhyan Dalahu.”