The Historical Bath of Siba — ''Hamam Sibah'' ( fa, حمام سیبه), is a historical
bathing
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complex of the ancient
Sassanid
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culture, located in present-day southern
Iran
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near the
Straits of Hormuz
The Strait of Hormuz ( fa, تنگه هرمز ''Tangeh-ye Hormoz'' ar, مَضيق هُرمُز ''Maḍīq Hurmuz'') is a strait between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. It provides the only sea passage from the Persian Gulf to the o ...
.
Geography
The '' Historical Bath of Siba '' bath structures and ruins are located in the
Kukherd District
Kukherd District ( fa, بخش كوخرد), also transliterated as Kookherd District, is a district (bakhsh) in Bastak County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 13,201, in 2,675 families. The District has one ci ...
( fa, بخش كوخرد), in
Hormozgan Province. They are under the administration of the city of
Bastak
Bastak ( fa, بستک) is a city and capital of Bastak County, Hormozgan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Tur ...
.
The ancient baths are an archaeological site of
Sassanid architecture. Modern public baths nearby use the same reportedly healing waters.
History
The '' Historical Bath of Siba '' public baths were built at natural
hot spring
A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow bodies of magma (molten rock) or by circ ...
s, during the
Sassanid Empire
The Sasanian () or Sassanid Empire, officially known as the Empire of Iranians (, ) and also referred to by historians as the Neo-Persian Empire, was the History of Iran, last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th-8th cen ...
era (224– 651 CE). Ancient Sassanians built public baths to serve as rest centers. The baths served Sassanid government officials, the merchants from nearby sea ports and desert
caravan
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*Caravan (travellers), a group of travellers journeying together
**Caravanserai, a place where a caravan could stop
*Camel train, a convoy using camels as pack animals
*Convoy, a group of veh ...
routes, and the public.
Healing baths
Some of the baths had practitioners who offered healing treatments, using medicinal
herb
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s and
essential oil
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s. These ointments were generally used for relieving joint pain and treating skin diseases.
The baths were known as the 'dumb doctor' because healers also treated patients silently with its healing hot spring waters.
See also
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Paraw Kukherd
*
Castle of Siba
The Castle of Siba ( fa, قلعه سیبه ), Siba castle is one of the most remarkable examples of fortified structures surrounded by trench in Kukherd District, Hormozgan Province in south Iran.
Location
Siba castle was a squared fortified ...
*
Sassanid family tree
This is a family tree of the Sasanian emperors, their ancestors, and Sasanian princes/princesses.
History
The Sasanian dynasty was named after Sasan, the eponymous ancestor of the dynasty. It was founded by Ardashir I in 224, who defeated the la ...
— of the Sasanian (Sassanid) dynasty''
References
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:ar:حمام سيبه Arabic wikipedias.
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:fa:حمام سیبه Persian Wikipedia.
*2. الكوخردى ، محمد ، بن يوسف، (كُوخِرد حَاضِرَة اِسلامِيةَ عَلي ضِفافِ نَهر مِهران) الطبعة الثالثة ،دبى: سنة 199۷ للميلاد **Mohammed Kookherdi (1997) Kookherd, an Islamic civil at Mehran river, third edition: Dubai
*3. محمدیان، کوخری، محمد ، “ (به یاد کوخرد) “، ج1. ج2. چاپ اول، دبی: سال انتشار 2003 میلادی Mohammed Kookherdi Mohammadyan (2003), Beyade Kookherd, third edition : Dubai.
*4.محمدیان، کوخردی ، محمد ، '' «شهرستان بستک و بخش کوخرد» '' ، ج۱. چاپ اول، دبی: سال انتشار ۲۰۰۵ میلادی Mohammed Kookherdi Mohammadyan (2005), Shahrestan Bastak & Bakhshe Kookherd, First edition : Dubai.
*5.عباسی ، قلی، مصطفی، '' «بستک وجهانگیریه»،'' چاپ اول، تهران : ناشر: شرکت انتشارات جهان
*6. سلامى، بستكى، احمد. '' (بستک در گذرگاه تاریخ) '' ج2 چاپ اول، 1372 خورشيدى
*7. اطلس گیتاشناسی استان‌های ایران
tlas Gitashenasi Ostanhai Iran(
Gitashenasi Province Atlas of Iran')
*8. درگاه فهرست آثار ملی ایران
External links
Kookherd website
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Archaeological sites in Iran
Sasanian architecture
Bastak County
Kukherd District
History of Hormozgan Province
Monuments and memorials in Iran
Buildings and structures in Kukherd District