A rare maqam of the Sikah family that begins with Jins Sikah on Sikah (E half-flat), then turns in the upper region toward Jins Kurd on Nawa (G).

Rahat Faza is a rare maqam of the Sikah family whose tonic is Sikah (E half-flat), and it combines a Sikah color at the tonic with a Kurdish color in the jawab through Jins Kurd on Nawa (G).

Rahat Faza is a rarely discussed maqam in modern explanations, and is understood in practice as a maqam of the Sikah family because its original jins is Jins Sikah on Sikah (E half-flat). In the practical form adopted here, its upper region turns toward Jins Kurd on Nawa (G). For that reason, its identity is not decided by the upper jins alone, but by the tonic and the opening lower structure: a tonic on Sikah (E half-flat), a Sikah-colored opening, and then an expansion into Kurd on Nawa.

• Sikah (E half-flat): the tonic and original center of attraction
• Nawa (G): the place of Jins Kurd in the jawab and upper region
• Its special character comes from the balance between the Sikah tonic and the Kurdish jawab

• If the opening Sikah (E half-flat) is not firmly established, its identity may dissolve into neighboring modal spaces
• If Kurd on Nawa (G) does not appear clearly, the maqam may sound like a more general Sikah branch rather than Rahat Faza in its own right
• Its auditory distinctiveness does not come from the scale alone, but from the balance between the Sikah tonic and the Kurdish jawab
• Kurd here is an upper jins that appears after the primary Sikah identity is established; it is not the original jins or the tonic

• Begin from the Sikah tonic and confirm Sikah (E half-flat)
• Ascend gradually toward Nawa (G)
• Reveal Kurd on Nawa in the upper region and jawab
• Return to the tonic without losing the connection to the underlying Sikah identity

• It differs from Mustaar and Shaar because those maqamat turn above toward Nahawand on Nawa (G), while Rahat Faza turns toward Kurd on Nawa
• It differs from Huzam because Huzam usually highlights Hijaz in the upper region, not Kurd
• Rahat Faza may therefore be described as a Sikah-family branch with a Kurdish jawab, and this is the key point that should be preserved in its definition
• The name itself is only sparsely documented in modern published references, so it is best presented as a rare maqam known in some teaching circles more than as a widely explained mainstream maqam