Hammam
Kerman, Iran

Built in 1631, the Ganj-i Ali Baths are located on the southern side of Ganj-i Ali Square, off a section of Vakil Bazaar known as Bazar-i Ganj-i Ali Khan. It is composed of a disrobing room, cold room and hot room, all covered with domes carried on squinches.

The baths were converted into an ethnological museum in 1971.

Source:

"Ganj-?Ali Khan." Encyclopedia Iranica [Accessed March 20, 2005]

Hillenbrand, Robert. Studies in Medieval Islamic Architecture Vol. II, 497-498, 522, 539, 577-578. London: Pindar Press, 2006.

Location

Kerman, Iran

Images & Videos

Bam. Arg-i Bam. View of the entrance portal, from the bazaar.
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Kerman. Hamam-e Ganj Ali Khan. Interior view of the baths, central pool in hot room.
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Kerman. Hamam-e Ganj Ali Khan. Interior view of the baths, cold room.
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Kerman. Hamam-e Ganj Ali Khan. Interior view of the baths, square pool in hot room.
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Kerman. Hamam-e Ganj Ali Khan. Interior view of the baths, dome and squinches in hot room.
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Kerman. Hamam-e Ganj Ali Khan. Interior view of the baths, dome and squinches in cold room.
35 mm slide
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drawing
IMG08948
B & W print
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Part of Site

Ganj-i 'Ali Khan Complex
Kerman, Iran

Events

1611/1020 AH

Style Periods

Safavid
1501-1722

Additional Names

Hamam-e Ganj Ali Khan
Variant
Hammam of Ganj 'Ali Khan
Variant

Site Types

hammam
baths
museum
public/cultural