Hammam al-Tanbali

Cairo, Egypt

The hammam was built in the 18th c. and surveyed by Pascal Coste around 1839. It is a typical Cairene hammam, which, like most hammams, was modeled on the Roman bath. A distinctive feature is the first hall or maslakh (disrobing room), which emulates a residential reception hall.

Sources:

Behrens-Abouseif, Doris. Islamic Architecture in Cairo. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1989.

Coste, Pascal. Architecture arabe; ou, Monuments du Kaire, mesurés et dessinés, de 1818 à 1826, par Pascal Coste n.p.: Paris, Typ. de Firmin Didot frères et compagnie, 1839.

Pauty, Edmond. Les Palais et les Maisons d'Epoque Musulmane, au Caire, 62. n.p.: Caire : L'Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 1932.

Jarrar, Sabri, András Riedlmayer, and Jeffrey B. Spurr. Resources for the Study of Islamic Architecture. Cambridge, MA: Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture, 1994. http://archnet.org/library/documents/one-document.jsp?document_id=6053.