33 – Maqam (Tarz) Rezhyan Dalahu (“Dalahu Was Showered with Light”)

Range: C, D, E, F, G, A, B♭.

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, “because of its more complex melody, is one of the rarely performed kalams, and few players and kalam singers are able to perform it in full.” The range of this maqam extends to an octave. According to Ali Akbar Moradi, this maqam was composed in praise of Baba Yadegar by his companions when he moved from Pardivar (Hawraman) and Mount Shahu (the best-known mountain of the Hawraman region) to the village of Dalahu (100 km west of Kermanshah). The text of this maqam is transmitted from Darvish Faregh. Darvish Faregh is one of the prominent Yarsan poets and one of the Chehel Tan (the Forty), the companions of Aseyed Brakeh, who was discussed earlier.