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Although in early Islamic history women did not normally patronise hammams, by around the 10th century many places started to provide separate hours (or separate facilities) for men and women. [2] The hammam then took on an important role in women's social life as one of the few public spaces where they could gather and socialise apart from men.
They are a prominent feature in the culture of the Muslim world and was inherited from the model of the Roman thermae. Muslim bathhouses or hammams were historically found across the Middle East , North Africa , al-Andalus (Islamic Spain and Portugal ), Central Asia , the Indian subcontinent , and in Southeastern Europe under Ottoman rule .
The baths were constructed in the 10th century under the reign of Caliph Al-Hakam II (961–976) to serve the inhabitants of his palace. [2] [3] Bathhouses (hammams) of this type were a common feature of Muslim cities across the Muslim world, serving both a social and religious purpose.
Hammamat became the major route from Thebes to the Red Sea and then to the Silk Road that led to Asia, or to Arabia and the horn of Africa. This 200 km journey was the most direct route from the Nile to the Red Sea, as the Nile bends toward the coast at the western end of the wadi.
Public baths include bathhouses, hammams, and Turkish baths.Public baths contain facilities such as baths, hot tubs (with or without underwater massage jets), showers, swimming pools, massage tables, steam rooms, saunas, and hot-air baths.
The Hammam as-Saffarin (or Saffarin Hammam, Hammam Seffarine, etc.) is a historic hammam in the medina (old city) of Fes, Morocco. It is located on the southwest side of Place Seffarine , across from the Madrasa Saffarin and south of the Qarawiyyin Mosque .
Vezneciler Hamamı is a historic hamam located in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the historic area of Istanbul. The hamam was built by Sultan Bayezid II in 1481. [1] [dead link ] It is located slightly north of the larger Bayezid II Hamam.
Hammam al-Nahhasin (Arabic: حمام النحاسين) is one of the oldest and largest public baths (hammam or Turkish bath) in Aleppo, Syria. [1] It is located in Al-Madina Souq of the Ancient City of Aleppo , to the south of the Great Umayyad Mosque , near Khan al-Nahhasin .