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{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2018}}{{Use Indian English|date=May 2018}}{{Coord|28.656784|77.243541|display=title}}(File:Hammam Red Fort.jpg|thumb|The hammam of the Red Fort)File:Ghulam Ali Khan 020c.jpg|thumb|Drawing of one of the chambers of the hammam in the 19th century, by Ghulam Ali KhanGhulam Ali KhanThe Hammam-e-Lal Qila (}}, ) is the Turkish bath located in the Red Fort in Delhi and served as the bathing area of the Mughal Indian emperor. It is located in the north of the Diwan-i-Khas.The marble hammam is a bath that forms a part of the palace building. It consists of three apartments separated by corridorsWEB,weblink Hammam of Red Fort, 2011, Archaeological Survey of India, 2013-12-09, 23 October 2013,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20131023112559weblink">weblink live, and crowned with domes. The apartments are illuminated by a colored glass skylight.BOOK, Murray, John, 1911, A handbook for travelers in India, Burma, and Ceylon,weblink 8th, Calcutta, Thacker, Spink, & Co., 198, 978-1175486417, 2014-01-25, The two rooms to either side of the present entrance are believed to have been used by the royal children for bathing. The eastern apartment, containing three fountain basins, was used primarily as a dressing room. In the center of each room stood a fountain, and one of the rooms contained a marble reservoir built into the wall. As legend goes, perfumed rose-water once ran from the taps. The western apartment was used for hot or vapor baths, and the heating arrangement was being fixed in its western wall.The whole interior was richly decorated with colorful inlaid pietra dura floral designs made of white marble. The floors and dados of these apartments are finished with white marble as well. sui

See also

• Shahi Hammam, Lahore
• List of tourist attractions in Delhi
• Hammam-e-Qadimi

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