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A hammam (Arabic: حمّام, romanized: ḥammām), also often called a Turkish bath by Westerners, [1] is a type of steam bath or a place of public bathing associated with the Islamic world. It is a prominent feature in the culture of the Muslim world and was inherited from the model of the Roman thermae.
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.
The Bañuelo or El Bañuelo (a diminutive of Spanish baño "bath"), also known as the Baño del Nogal ("Bath of the Walnut") or Hammam al-Yawza, is a preserved historic hammam (Islamic bathhouse) in Granada, Spain. [1] [2] It is located in the Albaicin quarter of the city, on the banks of the Darro River. It was used as a bathhouse up until the ...
A hammam, called a Moorish bath (in reference to the Muslim Spain of Al-Andalus) and a Turkish bath by Westerners, is a type of steam bath or place of public bathing associated with the Islamic world. Hamam (Arabic: حمام; also transliterated as Hmam, Hāmam and Hammam, with different meanings) may refer to:
The hammam of the Red Fort Drawing of one of the chambers of the hammam in the 19th century, by Ghulam Ali Khan. The Hammam-e-Lal Qila (Urdu: حمامِ لال قلعہ, Hindi: हम्माम-ए-लाल क़िला) is the Turkish bath located in the Red Fort in Delhi and served as the bathing area of the Mughal Indian emperor.
Hammam-e-Qadimi (Urdu: حمامِ قدیمی, Hindi: हम्माम-ए-क़दीमी) is a functional 18th century Turkish bath in Bhopal, India. [1]Erected in the early 1700s during the rule of the Gonds, [1] Hammam-e-Qadimi was gifted to Hajjam Hammu Khalida when Dost Mohammad Khan became Nawab of the city. [1]
Ibn al-Athir said: "(It) is the best of books, having the most benefit, the best organization, with the least repetition. It contains what others do not; like mention of the different views, angles of argument, and clarifying the circumstances of the hadith as being sahih, da'if, or gharib, as well as disparaging and endorsing remarks (regarding narrators)."