Shabestan
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A Shabestan or Shabistan is an underground space that can be usually found in traditional architecture of mosques, houses, and schools in ancient Persia (Iran).
These spaces were usually used during summers and could be ventilated by windcatchers and qanats.
Moreover, during the Sassanid era and subsequent Islamic periods, shabestans were also refered to inner sanctums of Shahs, where their concubines resided. Later these structures came to be called zanāneh (feminine residence), andarouni (inner private zone) and haram (from Arabic harem). [1]
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