Public Bathhouse
الحمام
The public bathhouse; Basra's first was Abdallah ibn Uthman ibn Abi al-As (may God be pleased with him)'s, the second Fil's (Ziyad's mawla), the third Muslim ibn Abi Bakra's at Bilalabadh — and for an age the town had only these, since baths were built only by the governors' leave until a wave of permissions multiplied them.
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Overview
The hammam is the public bathhouse. The data here cover the first bathhouses in Basra. 1
The bathhouses of Basra
The first bathhouse built in Basra was that of Abd Allah ibn Uthman ibn Abi al-As al-Thaqafi. The second was the bathhouse of Fil, client of Ziyad. The third was the bathhouse of Muslim ibn Abi Bakra in Balalabadh. 1
Basra remained for a long time with only these bathhouses, and they could not be built except with the permission of the governors. Then they gave permission to a number of people, and they multiplied. 1
Sources
- Futuh al-Buldan — al-Baladhuri (Mu'assasat al-Ma'arif edition)
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islam.museum contributors. “Public Bathhouse”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/concept/hammam/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.