Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse

The Sultan Amir Ahmad Bathhouse, also known as Qasemi - bath house (Hamam -e Amīr Ahmad Soltan; حمام سلطان امیر احمد ) is a historic bathhouse ( hammam ) in the Iranian city of Kashan. It was built during the Safavid period in the 16th century and destroyed by an earthquake in 1778. In the Qajar they built it up again.

The Bath House covers an area of 1000 square meters and consists of two main parts: the Sarbīneh (dressing room ) and the Garmkhāneh ( the warm bath hall). The Sarbīneh is a large, octagonal -scale hall, in the middle of which a well octagonal shaped pool is located. Eight pillars separating it from the outer region. Four columns in Garmkhāneh give rise to around four other smaller bathrooms and simultaneously form the entrance to the Khazineh, the last bathing room.

The interior of the bathroom is decorated with turquoise and gold-colored tile work and also decorated with stucco and brick works, as well as paintings. The roof of the bathhouse consists of multiple domes with convex lenses to ensure sufficient supply of bath with light and simultaneous screens from outside.

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Brickworks and tile decorations inside the hammam

Teahouse in a hammam

Brickworks and tile ornaments

Ceiling domes with convex lenses

Relief on the input