Hammam-e-Qadimi (

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: , ) is a functional 18th century

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in Bhopal, India. Erected in the early 1700s during the rule of the

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, Hammam-e-Qadimi was gifted to Hajjam Hammu Khalida when

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became

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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

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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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