Darghouth Turkish Bath
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Dargouth Turkish Bath is a
Turkish bath A hammam (), also often called a Turkish bath by Westerners, is a type of steam bath or a place of public bathing associated with the Islamic world. It is a prominent feature in the culture of the Muslim world and was inherited from the model ...
in the old quarter of
Tripoli, Libya Tripoli, historically known as Tripoli-of-the-West, is the capital city, capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.317 million people in 2021. It is located in the northwest of Libya on the edge of the desert, on a point ...
. The bath was established in 1081 AH/(1670 AD or 1671 AD). It is annexed to
Sidi Darghut Mosque The Sidi Darghut Mosque (), also known as the Jama Sidi Darghut, is a Sunni Islam mosque, located in Tripoli, Libya. It was built in approximately 1560 CE by Dragut on the site of a Hospitaller church, parts of which were incorporated into th ...
and tomb, whence it derives its name. The mosque and tomb in turn derive their names from the name of the Ottoman naval commander Turgut."حمامات مدينة طرابلس الغرب (دراسة مقارنة)"
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