{{Short description|Fountain used for ablutions in a mosque}} {{More citations needed|date=July 2021}} {{About|fountains in mosque courtyards|the type of wall fountain by the same name|Salsabil (fountain)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}} [[File:Fountain Hagia Sophia 2007 002.jpg|thumb|A şadırvan for ritual ablutions in front of Hagia Sophia, Istanbul, Turkey]] [[File:Po-i-Kalân Mosque 2.jpg|thumb|Shadırvan in Po-i-Kalyan, Bukhara, Uzbekistan]]

A '''shadirvan''' ({{langx|fa|شادروان}}, {{langx|tr|şadırvan}}, {{langx|ar|شاذروان}}) is a type of fountain that is usually built in the courtyard or near the entrance of mosques, caravanserais, khanqahs, and madrasas, with the main purpose of providing water for drinking or ritual ablutions to several people at the same time, but also as decorative visual or sound elements.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

Shadirvans are Persian in origin and, with a curtain or drape, were originally placed in the tents of rulers or on the balconies of palaces.<ref name=":0522">{{Cite book|last=Rabbat|first=Nasser|title=Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition|publisher=Brill|year=1960–2007|isbn=9789004161214|editor-last=Bearman|editor-first=P.|location=|pages=|chapter=|editor-last2=Bianquis|editor-first2=Th.|editor-last3=Bosworth|editor-first3=C.E.|editor-last4=van Donzel|editor-first4=E.|editor-last5=Heinrichs|editor-first5=W.P.}}</ref> They are a typical element of Ottoman architecture.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Sumner-Boyd|first=Hilary|title=Strolling Through Istanbul: The Classic Guide to the City|last2=Freely|first2=John|publisher=Tauris Parke Paperbacks|year=2010|isbn=|edition=Revised|location=|pages=}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Goodwin|first=Godfrey|title=A History of Ottoman Architecture|publisher=Thames & Hudson|year=1971|isbn=0500274290|location=New York|pages=}}</ref>{{Rp|459}}

==See also== * Cantharus, a similar fountain in Christian places of worship * Howz * Sebil or sabil, public water fountain in Islamic countries

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Category:Fountains Category:Islamic architectural elements Category:Water and Islam