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Hammam-e-Qadimi ( Urdu: , hi, हम्माम-ए-क़दीमी) is a functional 18th century Turkish bath in Bhopal, India. Erected in the early 1700s during the rule of the Gonds, Hammam-e-Qadimi was gifted to Hajjam Hammu Khalida when
Dost Mohammad Khan Dost Mohammad Khan Barakzai (Pashto/Persian: ; 23 December 17929 June 1863), nicknamed the Amir-i Kabir, Also titled Amir al-Mu'minin, was a member of the Barakzai dynasty and one of the prominent rulers of the Emirate of Afghanistan. His 37-year ...
became Nawab of the city. The Indo-Turkish bath is owned by a descendant of Hajjam Hammu Khalida, Mohammad Sajid, and has been kept in his family for five generations. The oil used for the massages offered in Hammam-e-Qadimi is a special recipe of Sajid's family. Hammam-e-Qadimi was built in the style of the
Çemberlitaş Hamamı The Çemberlitaş Hamamı is a historical Turkish bath ( tr, hamam) that was built beside Divan Yolu, a processional road dating back to the Byzantine Era that once led to Rome,Ergin, Nina. “Bathing Business in Istanbul: A Case Study of the Cem ...
of Istanbul and was constructed near a mosque so that individuals visiting the mosque may perform their ablutions before going there to pray. Sanchari Pal describes the interior of Hammam-e-Qadimi:


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{{reflist Mughal architecture Tourist attractions in Bhopal Public baths