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Ganj Ali
Khan Bath and Ethnological Museum
Look
out tor the Ganj Ali Khan Bath and Ethnological Museum in the Vakil Bazaar
(now a traditional tea-house). This building houses an interesting
exhibition of good waxworks of men in various poses and costumes set in a
traditional but no longer operational bath-house. There is an
insignificant entry of 50 Rials or so.
The Ganj Ali Khan Bath (hammam) is one of the several ancient
monuments and a group of utilitarian buildings in Vakil Bazaar dating from
the Safavid period in the 17th century. The Bath, named after a former
governor of the province, is being kept as a real hammam, but its
life-size wax figures bring back the memory of everyday scenes of the
past. All garments and other objects exhibited belong to the same period:
razors, sandals, phials for attar of roses, pipes with small bowls and
long stems to be enjoyed after the bath. Close to the Ganj Ali Khan
Museum, the Ebrahim Khan Bath-houses a working traditional bath-house for
men only: try to go with a male Iranian friend, as you may have cultural
or language problems.
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