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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 .
Hammam al-Sarah is an Umayyad bathhouse in Jordan, built in connection with the complex of Qasr al-Hallabat, which stands some 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) to the west. [ 1 ] Along with examples in the other desert castles of Jordan, it is one of the oldest surviving remains of a Muslim bathhouse.
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 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 .
The building was rebuilt as a Turkish bath between 1571 and 1590 during the first years of the Ottoman rule in the island. [1] It belonged to the foundation of Mustafa Pasha and individuals rented it from the foundations to administer it. For instance, a janissary, Hacı Mehmed Racil, is recorded as renting the bath for 16 years in 1593. [4]
Tell el-Hammam (also Tall al-Hammam) is an archaeological site in the Amman Governorate of Jordan, in the eastern part of the lower Jordan Valley 11.7 kilometers east of the Jordan River and not far from its mouth. It lies 12.6 kilometers northeast of the Dead Sea.
Hamam al-Sammara (Arabic: حمام السمرا, also spelled Hamaam as-Sumara; transliteration: "the Bath of the Samaritans" or "the Brown Bath") was a hammam (traditional public bathhouse) in the Zeitoun Quarter of the Old City of Gaza. It was situated 3 meters (9.8 ft) below street level. [1] It was owned by Salim Abdullah al-Wazeer. [2]