Shaykh Bahai hammam

Shaykh Bahai hammam
حمام شیخ بهایی
Location within Iran
General information
Status	Cultural
Type	hammam
Architectural style	Isfahani
Location	Isfahan, Iran
Coordinates	32.654826°N 51.657738°E / 32.654826; 51.657738

The Shaykh Bahai hammam is a hammam in Isfahan, Iran. The hammam belongs to the Safavid era and is located in the Shaykh Bahai alley in the Abd or-Razagh street.

Fuel of Garmkhaneh (hothouse)

The most realistic theory about the fuel of the Garmkhaneh is that there was an underground ceramic piping system between the public toilet of the Jameh mosque and the hammam and probably gases like methane and sulfur oxides led to the torch of heated pool by the natural suction method and methane and sulfur oxides burned directly as the heating source in torch, or these gases were used from the wastes of hammam. According to old residents in the neighborhood, there was an marsh behind the Garmkhaneh and wastewater flew in the marsh and needed gas was obtained from this marsh.

Until 20 years ago, Shaykh Bahai hammam was used as a hammam. Then it was closed and after 10 years it came in the possession of the Cultural Heritage, Handcrafts and Tourism Organization. Since 2007, the Garmkhaneh of the hammam has been being repaired by this organization.

See also

• List of the historical structures in the Isfahan province

References

2. https://theiranproject.com/blog/2015/06/08/a-burning-candle-a-hot-bath-connect-the-dots/